No Snow...25º

No snow overnight as was in the forecast, still possible today.  Then maybe the temps will warm over  the next few days...Yesterday was a cold, sunny day...Typical of our late fall weather...Mona and Jerry sent photos of their snowy world in the Salt Lake City area with over a foot of snow on Friday and more to follow.

Snow near Salt Lake City 11/11/12

Yesterday I made apple pie with a top crust only, (saves a little on the work and calories)...Will peel more apples today and freeze for pies this winter...Made finger steaks, baked squash and potatoes for our dinner...We had no more than finished the last bite when Pam done with a hike, stopped for a visit...Lucky for her there was enough to fill her plate and we visited into the evening, catching up on her life, new job and the latest hike...Apple pie and whipped cream topped off the evening.

Physical therapy this morning and a new adventure this afternoon...Last summer I bought raffle tickets to support a Fishtrap endeavor and got an email that I was the big winner of a "beer making class"...Brings back memories.

Herb and I made "home brew" many years ago when we lived in Utah...Mom had given us her pickle making crock (10 gallon size) perfect for beer...Armed with a recipe, we bought a can of hops (available at the grocery store in 1960's) added water, sugar and yeast...Covered the crock with a dishtowel and left it in the cellar to work...After so many weeks we siphoned it off into quart beer bottles, capped them and left it to age for as long as Herb and his Dad could stand to wait!...As I remember it--It was a yeasty, malty brew with quite a kick!..Not particularly good but icy cold it was drinkable...From home brew we moved on to making wine...At that time Herb and Dad drank "Port wine" very sweet and heavy...I had a recipe for balloon wine (gallon jug filled with grape juice and a balloon stretched over the opening instead of a fermentation lock...I found the following recipe via "google" this morning and it is exactly what I started with in about 1972...Wine making to be continued....Hugs to All...OWAV:)

GRAPE "BALLOON" WINE
3 (6 oz.) cans frozen grape juice 4 1/2 c. sugar 1 1/2 oz. cake yeast Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup of warm water. Pour all ingredients into a gallon jug. Fill to the neck with warm water. Cap with a balloon. Let stand for 6 weeks in a warm place. Siphon into bottles and cap.