Curry and Canning

Those two things really have nothing in common.

I have thought it through and the only thing I can think of is the letter C. Oh, and that they both involve cooking of some sort. But if we are being honest, and I think we are, we should all agree that those are some weak similarities.

Now, I am not expecting a standing ovation but if you feel so inclined I won't stop you...after all, one can never have enough praise. 

But I made the Chicken Tikka Masala.

Quite frankly it had all the makings of a disaster. After all I had special ordered spices

and made my own Ghee. 

At one point in all of the times I had made Curry Blake actually said "How about you don't make curry anymore? It just never turns out very good." 

With that vote of confidence I decided to give it one more go. Because I am nothing if not determined. It was a somewhat lengthy process.

In the end it was worth it. It was by far the best Chicken Tikka Masala that I have had outside of a restaurant.     

For Mother's Day this year I got a canner. 

Most people would probably not be happy about this. 

I was ecstatic. 

I have wanted a pressure canner for ages. Since I had sent some not so subtle hints I was pretty sure I was going to get one. Blake came through.

So far I have canned pinto beans

and garbonzo beans.

I also thought that I would can some hominy. Until I looked up directions online and found out that you have to use food grade lye to do so.

I might still try it. 

I guess I have to decide how much I like my skin first.

The same time that I picked up the dried beans from Winco I also bought a lot of pineapples. They were on sale for $.99 each. I was going to cut them up and freeze them but then I had a moment of clarity and looked up how to can them instead. They turned out really good. 

I can't say the same for my apricots. They are mush city. 

Oh well. 

I am still a work in progress.