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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Perfect Timing
My new stock pot is here! Just in time to make yummy turkey stock on Thursday. I wasn't expecting it so soon. Just goes to show that I have very little faith in the speed of Amazon + the APO around the holidays! I was expecting a delay but it came a week early!
My pretty blue enamel pot from Target wasn't a good buy. It didn't have a heavy bottom and when I burned applesauce to it (oops!) it buckled and cracked on the bottom. So I was afraid to use it on our nice flat top electric stove. But I make large batches of stock/soup/chili all winter long so this was definitely a problem needing fixed! I went with the recommendation of America's Test Kitchen on the most useful 12 qt stock pot (they vote Cuisinart by the way).
As far as I can tell it's gonna be great. Nice heavy bottom. Beautiful stainless steel (that I'm sure to stain, but you know how it goes... a well-loved pot ends up looking used). It's maiden voyage will be this week so stay tuned ;o)
And now for some random pictures of the girls playing yesterday. For the Grandmas and Grandpas and Aunt and Uncles. Love you's!
Looking forward to a busy but fun next two days. It'll be nice to get out of the house after two days of sickness. Jesse's been puke-free for 36 hours and the girls just have snot-noses. So we're going to the squadron's pot luck Thanksgiving dinner this afternoon.
And then I've got pie crust to make :o) Big day of baking, prepping sides and sauces, cleaning/tidying, and chatting with Jen tomorrow. I'm still nervous to roast a turkey but I'm getting excited for the big day!
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