In North America,
we are so thankful that back in the 1600's
the European people had the courage
to board a boat destined for a land
that was only a dream.
Because of their courage
to face the unknown,
and to leave their families behind
(possibly for ever!!)
we live in this bountiful land
of peace and freedom.
In Canada,
we celebrate Thanks Giving
the 2nd Monday of October.
It is just at the end of the harvest,
and we truly are thankful.
But in the Okanagan,
our summer lasts a little longer
then it does in the rest of the country,
so that means that our harvest usually is still waiting
for that long weekend
for us to get out there
and bring in the Grapes.
Therefore, our holiday weekend
usually isn't much of a holiday,
more like a work marathon!!
So once again, work was on the agenda.
Royce arrived on Saturday evening,
and on Sunday morning,
he went out Sunday morning
and picked about 200 pounds of grapes.
When he brought the first ones,
I started preparing them,
and setting up the kitchen into a
manufacturing center!!
Sunday we got about 20 liters
from about 60 pounds of grapes.
After supper on Sunday all 4 of us
(including our niece Marsha)
stemmed the last 4 boxes,
and had them in basins
ready for starting in the morning.
The picture below is part of them.
Here Royce and I are working,
pouring hot already partially cooked grapes
into the steam pot.
Royce was a great help,
he did the heavy work,
and took care of putting the juice
from the pot into the jars
via the spout that this special pot has.
With the big pot on the stove,
and smaller pots pre-cooking the grapes
to speed up the time
they needed to spend in the steam pot,
and clean jars keeping warm in the oven,
it was a challenge to get our
Thanks Giving Dinner prepared.
I did the yams in the slow cooker,
and took the pie next door
and my aunt baked that for us.
I rushed all the grapes through the pre-cooking stage,
so that I could finally use the burners to fry the gluten,
and cook the brussel sprouts.
With all that was happening I managed to
"over" toast the pine nuts for the salad,
and had to scrap the first batch and start over.
The pictures below are special for Mai-Rhea,
she loves to take pictures
of tables and plates of food just for the record!!
Enjoy it Mai.
we are so thankful that back in the 1600's
the European people had the courage
to board a boat destined for a land
that was only a dream.
Because of their courage
to face the unknown,
and to leave their families behind
(possibly for ever!!)
we live in this bountiful land
of peace and freedom.
In Canada,
we celebrate Thanks Giving
the 2nd Monday of October.
It is just at the end of the harvest,
and we truly are thankful.
But in the Okanagan,
our summer lasts a little longer
then it does in the rest of the country,
so that means that our harvest usually is still waiting
for that long weekend
for us to get out there
and bring in the Grapes.
Therefore, our holiday weekend
usually isn't much of a holiday,
more like a work marathon!!
So once again, work was on the agenda.
Royce arrived on Saturday evening,
and on Sunday morning,
he went out Sunday morning
and picked about 200 pounds of grapes.
When he brought the first ones,
I started preparing them,
and setting up the kitchen into a
manufacturing center!!
Sunday we got about 20 liters
from about 60 pounds of grapes.
After supper on Sunday all 4 of us
(including our niece Marsha)
stemmed the last 4 boxes,
and had them in basins
ready for starting in the morning.
The picture below is part of them.
Here Royce and I are working,
pouring hot already partially cooked grapes
into the steam pot.
Royce was a great help,
he did the heavy work,
and took care of putting the juice
from the pot into the jars
via the spout that this special pot has.
With the big pot on the stove,and smaller pots pre-cooking the grapes
to speed up the time
they needed to spend in the steam pot,
and clean jars keeping warm in the oven,
it was a challenge to get our
Thanks Giving Dinner prepared.
I did the yams in the slow cooker,
and took the pie next door
and my aunt baked that for us.
I rushed all the grapes through the pre-cooking stage,
so that I could finally use the burners to fry the gluten,
and cook the brussel sprouts.
With all that was happening I managed to
"over" toast the pine nuts for the salad,
and had to scrap the first batch and start over.
The pictures below are special for Mai-Rhea,
she loves to take pictures
of tables and plates of food just for the record!!
Enjoy it Mai.
