Will Write For Chocolate

Will Write For Chocolate has been updated. Thanks to all those who suggested names for Eliza's cat, especially Rachel Starr Thomson, who suggested "Theobroma." :-)

Thanks also for the responses to my "garden freak" post; I enjoyed reading them. Some of you welcomed me to the fold. Some (like Peter Alway) admitted that the most interesting thing he found in the post was the telescope in one of the photos. :-D



I especially loved Judith Hayman's comment, which really hit home for me:

"I think that the gardening thing has something to do with nurturing and as much to do with being creative. Every season is starting all over again, trying to do it better, or differently at least. We don't get many chances to do that our in adult lives, so it's pretty precious. OTOH, in our adult lives we also don't get to say 'Ick, that offspring (aka plant) didn't work at all. Throw it out!' That's also kinda cool. Gardening is such a learning experience. Like finding our those gorgeous Bachelor's Buttons grow to three feet tall and wide and smother everything in sight. Or that Chameleon Plant NEVER GIVES UP and will still be appearing three or four years after yanking it out. Or that TEN years after planting one lonely little Lily-of-the-Valley, the damn thing is sprouting. But isn't it good we aren't relying on our horticultural talents to actually feed our families?"

I made chicken broth in my slow cooker for the first time yesterday. I had picked up a bunch of chicken parts for a couple bucks in our local grocery store, threw them in the slow cooker with some chopped celery, onions and carrots with seasoning, some water. Let it simmer all day, then strained out the chicken broth and kept the chicken meat.

I tried making chicken broth in the past, but always found it such a pain to have to keep checking the stock pot to make sure there was enough liquid. With the slow cooker, and I can just forget about it. The recipe said the timing was very flexible; I could leave it on the low setting from 6-16 hours(!).

And today we're having homemade chicken soup for lunch, yum.





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