Barbecues, Construction, Lunch

I do hope all my friends in the US had a splendid holiday weekend and that all your barbecues went well. Long time since we have been to a barbecue. We can't have one ourselves in an apartment building, too dangerous. Some people do have electric barbecues but I am not sure they are strictly legal in an apartment building either. Not as dangerous as propane though.

Today they removed all the scaffolding from the first tier of apartments. It would seem all the balcony floors are now good to go. However, they have to put walls on them yet. Not sure how this is going to be done. I will be watching. I think they have nearly finished the end tier too. I am told they will then erect scaffolding etc. on the middle tier and also out front where they have actually started dismantling balcony walls.

We are pretty glad they are not doing our balcony yet. We have a large percentage of our belongings packed in either plastic storage boxes or plastic garbage bags, sitting on our balcony. I cannot imagine what we would have done without a balcony. Let's hope this is definitely cleared up this time and doesn't continue to hang around til they get to us. Today we are joining a friend for lunch at the Mandarin and then going on to rent the shop vac to remove the Diatomaceous Earth which my Hepa Filter vacuum cannot cope with. We are planning to rent it for 4 hours or less, that's $25. Any longer and we will start running up bills.

I caught up on Kung Fu Panda this weekend too. I had seen the first one so rented the second one from iTunes. Enjoyed it so rented the third one which I nearly switched off. There was one section which was, to me, extremely childish, even for children's viewing. However, I stuck with it and ended up enjoying that movie as well. I enjoy that kind of thing now and again. I think I need to catch up on some of the Ice Age movies too. Only one criticism, they kept talking about learning chi. If you study the martial arts, and become any good at it, learning chi should come along with the lessons. But, it's a cartoon, so ....

I would really like to try eating these before I try making them. I am not sure whether I would dare make them. They sound delicious and I do enjoy Kimchee which is pretty spicy stuff. If I do have a go, I will cut it down to the smallest amount I can just in case. I am pretty sure Matt wouldn't like these.

Candied Jalapenos

Kevin Lynchs Closet Cooking

Servings: 64(4 cups or 64 1 tablespoon servings)

Sweet, tangy and spicy candied jalapenos, aka cowboy candy.


ingredients
3 pounds jalapeno peppers, sliced into 1/8-1/4 inch slices
6 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
2 cups cider vinegar
3 cups granulated sugar
2 teaspoons coriander seeds
1 teaspoon celery seed

directions
Bring everything to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.

Note: Store in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 months.
Option: Use proper canning procedures to store at room temperature for longer periods of time.


Have a great day