Real Life Tuesday
It is currently grey and chilly here, and the day started quietly. I have dealt with the batch of the pickling onions and they are now soaking in salt to draw out the liquids. They will be finished off later on this evening after being washed and then sterilising the jars, packing them with the onions and then adding the cold spiced vinegar with some bay leaves and some home dried chilli and peppercorns. In the meantime it is back to the grind in the kitchen to do a little more. All grist to the mill. The cleaning vinegar was started last night as well and the peel is now soaking in white vinegar. I had to use the smaller jar as I could not find the larger one I was after. It will turn up. Things do when you don't need them. We stopped for a light lunch of beans on toast which has nicely filled a gap. We are definitely having the Steak and Ale pie for tea with veggies and I did not want to be over-filled so that we could not tackle this....