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Apr. 13th, 2020 11:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mrsbrown Yes, I should keep a journal, it will be interesting to read later. Also, there's so much stuff swirling in my head, it will be useful to get out. Also, also, if I do this I won't have to do any work. I think I'll make this my daily work procrastination trigger.
I just made a cup of tea and remembered to check on my saurkraut. I made it three weeks ago (I think) and left it on the stove where I would see it. Our first troubleshooting came when I noticed that the liquid was brown - it was too hot. Then, a couple of days ago, I noticed that there seemed to be a mould colony growing on the side of the glass jar I'm using as a weight. I've just cleaned it off and settled the thing down again, but I need to check that I'm not about to poison anyone - I don't think so based on something I read a while ago, but I'll double check. Honestly, the mould is my own fault. Like so many things I do, it got towards the end of the process and I'd nearly had enough so wehn I thought, "I should sterilise the outside of this jar", I quietly washed it with hot water from the tap and went on with the sense of achievement I was looking for by finishing. OK. Found the site that had the answer I was willing to listen to (ignored the ones that said throw it out) and I think I need to get the weight out, and put it in the fridge. Also, eat some for lunch with roast beef, mustard and cheese. Next time, I will choose a smaller jar - I couldn't put the lid and the weight on, so I just put a cloth over the top. Here's hoping that 2-3 weeks wasn't too long for me to enjoy my saurkraut.
My version of pandemic anxiety seems to be all about the food. I started with a strong interest in gardening, which has now become a mournful watching of youtube videos about how to garden and endless plans to sit down and plan how to use the garden bed I got Mrbassman to put together. But I can seem to worry about food quite well. We have a growing shopping list, and I seem to be planning my days around how much longer it is until I can make food and then making it. Although I'm also doing quite well at being overwhelmed and then just waiting for someone else to make it. I do seem to be using a lot of head space on planning the optimum time to cook bread, what sort of bread I should cook and then blinking to find that the bread has over risen or it's too late to put it in the oven and have it cooked before bed time.
Next, 2 hours of work, as per my daily routine checklist.
I just made a cup of tea and remembered to check on my saurkraut. I made it three weeks ago (I think) and left it on the stove where I would see it. Our first troubleshooting came when I noticed that the liquid was brown - it was too hot. Then, a couple of days ago, I noticed that there seemed to be a mould colony growing on the side of the glass jar I'm using as a weight. I've just cleaned it off and settled the thing down again, but I need to check that I'm not about to poison anyone - I don't think so based on something I read a while ago, but I'll double check. Honestly, the mould is my own fault. Like so many things I do, it got towards the end of the process and I'd nearly had enough so wehn I thought, "I should sterilise the outside of this jar", I quietly washed it with hot water from the tap and went on with the sense of achievement I was looking for by finishing. OK. Found the site that had the answer I was willing to listen to (ignored the ones that said throw it out) and I think I need to get the weight out, and put it in the fridge. Also, eat some for lunch with roast beef, mustard and cheese. Next time, I will choose a smaller jar - I couldn't put the lid and the weight on, so I just put a cloth over the top. Here's hoping that 2-3 weeks wasn't too long for me to enjoy my saurkraut.
My version of pandemic anxiety seems to be all about the food. I started with a strong interest in gardening, which has now become a mournful watching of youtube videos about how to garden and endless plans to sit down and plan how to use the garden bed I got Mrbassman to put together. But I can seem to worry about food quite well. We have a growing shopping list, and I seem to be planning my days around how much longer it is until I can make food and then making it. Although I'm also doing quite well at being overwhelmed and then just waiting for someone else to make it. I do seem to be using a lot of head space on planning the optimum time to cook bread, what sort of bread I should cook and then blinking to find that the bread has over risen or it's too late to put it in the oven and have it cooked before bed time.
Next, 2 hours of work, as per my daily routine checklist.
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