Couch 83: In a world where...

We sound like that Twilight Zone episode where its real hot - or wait, is it really cold??? Doo-doo doo-doo...

I prefer the heat and humidity to cold also.

That's how I advertise our little place on Facebook. "Come visit me! The Shining recreation is to die for."

I prefer the desert. My favorite climate by far *sigh*

lol! That's t shirt and shorts weather to me. Haha

I just made some candied grapefruit peel. It is delightfully tart sweet. I do need to make sure I boil it enough next time prior to putting it in the sugar syrup because it is still a little teensy bit too much bitterness in this batch. I don't usually make sweets so this is a kind of an exciting experiment for me.

That sounds interesting; I've never heard of it before.

I think i saw Jacques Pepin do that.

There are several versions of it. Basically it is blanched peel (blanched a bit to remove some of the bitterness) then cooked in sugar syrup for about an hour.

...and this is the peel....? The part most people throw away?

Yes. For example
Candied Grapefruit Peels Recipe : Food Network

Candied Grapefruit Peel Recipe - Food.com

Wow, unusual.

I really like grapefruit.
I also really like mincemeat. It is one of the few pies I like. I don't make it though because no one else likes it in the house and I don't need a whole mincemeat pie. I sometimes get those little tiny tarts and eat one a day throughout the holiday season but this year things were a bit discombobulated.

I'm not a fan of grapefruit.

I recently learned that mincemeat is not actual meat. I turned down a mincemeat cookie because "eww sick, what kind of person puts meat in cookies?" That is when I learned.

I think it originally had meat with spices, fruits and nuts back in the middle ages or renaissance. But now mostly currents and apples and so on with spices - although I have a recipe that calls for suet.

SD I'm not much in the kitchen but I really want candied grapefruit peel. I've never had it but now my mouth is watering!

Impulsive? Who, me? ️

Tomorrow is my only day of work this week. Knee surgery on Tuesday, followed by excruciating pain for several days, and physical therapy for 6-8 weeks after. Doc says I'll be on my feet the same day, but a coworker who had it done says he lied, so hoping I won't be out of commission too long.

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and that your Monday isn't too awful!

good luck with the surgery.

Sure... Of course it needs a suet. (whatever that is lol)

Yes, good luck!

I had mincemeat pie once - homemade. I thought it was going to be sickeningly sweet and sticky, but it was surprisingly yummy and normal tasting.

Mmmm, I love mince pies...

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Great..... Middle of the night and I want nothing more than a pie. Thanks couch.

I got triggered tonight. It was weird though. What triggered me and what I was thinking about a couple hours later... Odd. I'm not sure why of all times I was triggered tonight and these memories come back and not any other time I've had the topic come up or thought about it.

Because of where I live, things here on pc go slowly during the times I'm active and everything is abuzz when I'm asleep.

morning peeps . I see my T tomorrow for the first time after her break . she had asked me to think about a few things during the break . I have thought about them but have not come up with any meaningful thoughts about any of it at all. she asked if there was anything I wanted to work on this coming year and how can you expect someone who is loyal to you, such as your husband or I ,to white wash the abuse that happened to you . I DONT KNOW