Another exciting weekend around the Monk household. 12 pints of salsa put away and 5 jelly jars of fig jam. More green beans to do something with but we are running out of freezer space so it might be another 8 quarts of pressure canned beans which is not my favorite way to preserve beans. The only thing to do with pressure canned beans is to cook them 'Southern' style which, while good on occasion, doesn't really showcase the bean...if you know what I mean.
Going to have a treat tonight and make another rustic peach tart. Peaches are starting to fade in the markets and have doubled in price in the last couple of weeks. I have enough for two more tarts as some aren't quite ripe. And yes, there is vanilla ice cream.
We are going to fall off the vegetarian wagon and have roast chicken tonight as well and surprise...green beans and fingerling potatoes...everything from the garden but the chicken. I got hungry for chicken watching the Julia Child movie yesterday and I just have to scratch the itch.
Oh! and it's August in Atlanta and the weather is making sure we know it. It's 5pm and 95 so I am expecting 96 before it starts to cool off. We have actually not suffered to badly from the heat this summer and virtually every night we have been able to open the windows and sleep with a little fresh air. It didn't fall below 80 until after 11 last night and that is go/no go threshold on open windows and it is likely to be the same story tonight.
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