Orders

 We still have some leftovers and are enjoying them immensely. I never made a pie, but we will soon. I have pumpkin and pecan pie in mind. I will call neighbor and see if he eats either and deliver some of both if he eats those pies. 

Today, I received several orders from Amazon. My boombox in the bedroom will no longer play my cd. Everything else works! The one in living room no longer has the cord or remote. Remote does not matter. At any rate, I now have another to listen to radio station with Christmas music. 

Plus, I ordered silicone lids for Oui. Tommy loves these little storage glasses. He puts everything in them. I rarely buy Oui, but we still have quite a few.  A friend gave me a blender for smoothies. Somehow, I lost the electric motor blender part. So, I bought another. The whole thing is gone! So, I ordered a Magic Bullet Blender and this one will stay here and together. Tommy and one cleaner have been tasked with keeping an eye out and doing a one-time search. I might misplace something temporarily, but never lost anything, seemingly for good. 

All these things were bought on Black Friday deals. It was money I had to spend. There were frivolous things I deigned not to buy. My much-needed wool blanket and a grounding mat are yet to arrive. The ellipse is so heavy, but we must tackle unpacking and setting it up. 

I am not sure what happened to the turkey breast I cooked several weeks ago and froze. It was watery. It was as if I had soaked it in water and then froze and thawed. The piece we ate after it was cooked was really a nice texture. After freezing and thawing as I do other poultry, this just was wet, not juicy, just wet. Have you ever frozen baked turkey and had it end up wet? Water pours out with each cut of knife and bite.

The night before Thanksgiving sleeping was difficult. The night after Thanksgiving sleep was almost impossible. Hopefully, it will be easier tonight. 

The salesman who came for bathroom remodel left us with a price--over $31,000. Gulp! We have two other companies to contact for an appointment. I love the bathroom I got to design. 

I am ready to put my reindeer in the yard. Halloween and Thanksgiving are still evident! I need help. I also need a new cleaner.

Oui Jars for Canning Jelly

When jelly is canned using wax, several very thin layers of hot wax are poured over the cooling jelly. As the first thin layers cools, it pulls away from the jelly jar edges.
when you pour the second thin layer, you sort of rotate the high and low sides of the jar so that the wax goes into the empty edges. Layer after layer is poured so as to assure sealing the wax to the edge of the jar. Pouring a thicker layer just wastes wax and may not seal the jar.

This is not an approved method of canning or sealing jelly. However, it worked for years as the only method for some people. I hear it is not for long-term canning. But, I do know this was used for jelly for storage.This method would work for the Oui jars if you are canning jelly to give for gifts. This is one time you want firm jelly. You cannot can failed jelly and call it ice cream topping with wax on top.

WM sells the 1 lb, box of Gulf Wax for $3.12 (I checked), but I bought my Gulf Wax blocks for a quarter for one pound at yard sales. If you think it is dusty, just scrape the outside with a knife until you get to "new" wax,  You only need something to melt the wax in. I would put a cup in a pan of water to avoid melting wax in a pot and having it pop and catch on fire.

For the life of me, I cannot get a Oui jar photo to put on the blog that does not go right over the Gulf Wax photo. It must be a blog thing because  nothing works.

Gulf Wax is another memory from my early childhood. My family received jars of jelly sealed with wax. By rinsing the jelly covered wax, the wax can be reused to seal more jelly. When I first married, a woman gave me a regular glass of jelly sealed with wax.

Like I said, this is not an approved method. If you are just making jelly to give for Christmas, in my opinion this will be fine for a few months. I might even eat the jelly after many months.

Other repurposing of Oui jars is available if you do not want to can jelly.

Have you ever seen/used jelly sealed with wax? Have you ever sealed jelly with wax?