On 11/11/2010 7:10 AM, The Cook wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:37:12 -0600, George Shirley
> > wrote:
>
>> On 11/10/2010 6:27 AM, The Cook wrote:
>>> On Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:40:37 -0600, George Shirley
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/9/2010 11:59 AM, The Cook wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 09 Nov 2010 11:15:17 -0600, George Shirley
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Is anyone doing anything or is everyone just trying to stay warm like we
>>>>>> are?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> OB: Food preserving, opened a jar of fig jam with lime slices this
>>>>>> morning, super good, will have to try to remember that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> George
>>>>>> Father Inquisitor, HOSSSPOJ
>>>>>
>>>>> Last Saturday I made 21 1/2 pint jars of jelly. Two batches of
>>>>> Scuppernong and 1 of rhubarb. Sunday I canned 7 quarts of pintos. Got
>>>>> about 4 more to do if I remove my body from the computer chair.
>>>>>
>>>>> I did plant some garlic this morning. Think I will put in some
>>>>> shallots after the last canning.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then it is time to start the Christmas baking.
>>>>
>>>> We're planning to move away from Louisiana sometime in 2011, would next
>>>> door to you be okay?<G>
>>>
>>>
>>> I would love to have you as a neighbor but the house next door has
>>> been be sold already. But it hasn't closed yet. You, Miz Anne and
>>> dog could live on the first floor with plenty of room on the 2nd and
>>> 3rd floors for all of your descendents to visit at once. The basement
>>> would be great for hobbies.
>>>
>>> The house you would really like is one that we almost bought. It had
>>> a second kitchen in the basement. Unfortunately, the rest of the
>>> house didn't fit us.
>>
>> With my beat up old legs a multi-story house is out of the question. Oh
>> well, one can always dream.
>>
>> Where we're thinking of moving there is a home built in 1926 that is
>> attractive. Another has a canning kitchen "adjacent to the garden"
>> according to the ad, that one is also attractive. We need one with an
>> art studio or we will be back to a cluttered house like we have now.
>
>
> I think I would rather have a canning kitchen as part of the house,
> maybe somewhere that could be closed off. Keep all of the supplies
> and maybe even the finished products there. Oh well, there is nowhere
> on the main level where an addition could be put.
>
> But if "adjacent to the garden" meant part of the house with an entry
> from the garden it would be great.

Nope, the house in question has the canning house about fifty feet from
the main house, a bit inconvenient in my opinion. We have a five by nine
foot pantry adjacent to the kitchen, that's where a goodly portion of
our canning supplies and canned foods are kept. Cases of empty jars are
in the closet in my office, convenient to me and where I can keep
marauders from stealing my jars to use for other purposes.

I just cut a contract with a young man to come and paint the house
inside and out and do a lot of repairs. We've lived in this old house
for twenty years now, the longest we've lived anywhere in fifty years of
marriage. In a way moving will be sad, in the better way we will be two
hours closer to our kids and grands. Even ten years ago I would have
done all the work myself but, alas, age and infirmity catches up to all
of us. The last time the house was painted outside was in 1997, Miz
Anne, myself, our son, our daughter and her three, at that time, teenage
kids, painted the entire exterior in three days. It has held up well but
is starting to show its age. Quality paint goes a long way.