So - the infamous friends that went cherry picking in the rain , while I was studying for my exam, have done it again.
The buggers went cherry picking yesterday and invited me to come with. All good and well, except yesterday was a work day for me - I, being a self employed working from home type, don't get 'leave' as such. Yes , I get the convenience of going out on a work day should I choose to , but the reality is - that choice boils down to if I can do it without compromising any work.
And I am far too diligent to let that happen.
So , Mrs Scrooge McDuck here, stayed at home and worked , while cherries got picked in some of the nicest weather I have seen since arriving in Melbourne 9 months ago. It's a crying shame. And I was very miffed about it all actually.
Not to fear though - I got my pound of flesh . We bought 2 kilos of fresh picked cherries off them when they came home with their spoils .
And I now have purple stained sticky fingers from painstakingly pitting 3 cups of cherries one at time , so that I have whole pitted cherries for a cherry pie. entirely gluten and sugar free. I am beside myself with excitement at the thought of a legal cherry pie that isn't going to aggravate any one of my 100 million intolerances and blood sugar issues, or require me to take pills before eating it.
Even my husbands cheeky gorgeous grinning face looking at me with his guilty purple teeth after stealing some of my pitted cherries has not dampened my enthusiasm for the pie baking activity I have planned for tomorrow.
Cherry picking is not too bad actually , you get to keep what you pick at $10 per kilo (approx $3 to $6 per kilo less than the cheapest shop I have found ) --- and , it's a lovely day out with friends and family if you make a day of it and drive up into the Dandenongs, finishing up with lunch at the top of Mount Dandenong , or at one or another of the little havens all along the winding mountain roads.
Yes - you have to pick them yourself , and that may not be everyones idea of fun , but at least you get to choose the cherries you want - and you get to pick the lekker'est ones right off the tree.... just a thought.
On a side note - It was while looking up how to flute a pie pastry that I stumbled onto Over the Kitchen Counter ( the link is in my list of favourite sites/ links) - and I have decided that Angie is my hero when it comes to cooking.
I am not crafty in the slightest - but I make a mean honey soy stir-fry , tiramisu , pot roast and pretty much anything else I decide to cook. Angie's tips and videos are like drops of nectar from heaven. So many little things that the bigwigs forget to tell you when they give you their namby-pamby recipes. Move over Jamie Oliver , you have been displaced off that pedestal I put you on, by Angie, supreme goddess of the kitchen and anything else craft-like, or handmade.
The buggers went cherry picking yesterday and invited me to come with. All good and well, except yesterday was a work day for me - I, being a self employed working from home type, don't get 'leave' as such. Yes , I get the convenience of going out on a work day should I choose to , but the reality is - that choice boils down to if I can do it without compromising any work.
And I am far too diligent to let that happen.
So , Mrs Scrooge McDuck here, stayed at home and worked , while cherries got picked in some of the nicest weather I have seen since arriving in Melbourne 9 months ago. It's a crying shame. And I was very miffed about it all actually.
Not to fear though - I got my pound of flesh . We bought 2 kilos of fresh picked cherries off them when they came home with their spoils .
And I now have purple stained sticky fingers from painstakingly pitting 3 cups of cherries one at time , so that I have whole pitted cherries for a cherry pie. entirely gluten and sugar free. I am beside myself with excitement at the thought of a legal cherry pie that isn't going to aggravate any one of my 100 million intolerances and blood sugar issues, or require me to take pills before eating it.
Even my husbands cheeky gorgeous grinning face looking at me with his guilty purple teeth after stealing some of my pitted cherries has not dampened my enthusiasm for the pie baking activity I have planned for tomorrow.
Cherry picking is not too bad actually , you get to keep what you pick at $10 per kilo (approx $3 to $6 per kilo less than the cheapest shop I have found ) --- and , it's a lovely day out with friends and family if you make a day of it and drive up into the Dandenongs, finishing up with lunch at the top of Mount Dandenong , or at one or another of the little havens all along the winding mountain roads.
Yes - you have to pick them yourself , and that may not be everyones idea of fun , but at least you get to choose the cherries you want - and you get to pick the lekker'est ones right off the tree.... just a thought.
On a side note - It was while looking up how to flute a pie pastry that I stumbled onto Over the Kitchen Counter ( the link is in my list of favourite sites/ links) - and I have decided that Angie is my hero when it comes to cooking.
I am not crafty in the slightest - but I make a mean honey soy stir-fry , tiramisu , pot roast and pretty much anything else I decide to cook. Angie's tips and videos are like drops of nectar from heaven. So many little things that the bigwigs forget to tell you when they give you their namby-pamby recipes. Move over Jamie Oliver , you have been displaced off that pedestal I put you on, by Angie, supreme goddess of the kitchen and anything else craft-like, or handmade.
nice post
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