Of the same kinds, class, or nature

There will be a more substantive post tomorrow, with pictures, but here are the highlights:

(1) I tried to make pumpkin puree from scratch this weekend. I am now short a piece of thumb. It wasn't an emergency room vist worthy slice (well, it might be, I'll re evaluate tomorrow), but it hurt like a bitch (and was totally my fault - I was not practicing proper knife safety at the time I cut myself)

(2) I had a fantastic dinner on Friday with friends at this restraunt in PA that has a "100 mile menu" where everything in a dish was grown within 100 miles of the place. It was NOM.

(3) I made SO MUCH food today. Seriously. There will be pictures (I'm having a party next weekend and I was making stuff to freeze.)

(4) Next time, I say "oh, I'm going to make x from scratch! It looks so EASY." Remind me of the pumpkin. Seriously. Making pumpkin puree? NOT EASY. I do have like 6 cups of the of the stuff now, but dang was it hard.

(5) I will actually finish my rarepairings fic! And get it in on time! w00t!

(6) The weekend FLEW by. But it was good! And I didn't work!

Weekend Cooking - Halloween Cookies, Apple and Sausage Stuffing, Pumpkin Puree, and the starting of Stuffed Mushrooms.

The cookies were part of my Bake the Book! Challenge - they weren't in alphabetical order, but I really wanted to make them. I think Bake the Book might have to start up for real after the holidays.

I'm having a dinner party next weekend and I wanted to get a start (and test out the stuffing!) I didn't actually finish what I wanted, but I got a lot of stuff chopped.

Sam kept getting in the way while I was flouring the counter and the rolling pin!


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