The contents of the cauldron are simmering

[Bidin~Time]

Soon i will begin the mixing of the ingredients.

A splash of this.

A pinch of that.

A stir or four, or forty.

More pinches and dabs of this, that and the other.

More stirring, until the chemistry is perfect.

I will refrain from chanting "bubble bubble toil and trouble" as this is not what this is (this time).
<stifles a cackle>

No this time, it's a cauldron of a couple of gallons of tasty goodness.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I hope you're wearing a pointy hat....

 

[JohnnySavage]

I've got some red gravy simmering.

 

[Liar]

Eye of a newt, hair of a maiden...

 

[Bidin~Time]

<grins impishly>

 

[toubab]

Soon i will begin the mixing of the ingredients.

A splash of this.

A pinch of that.

A stir or four, or forty.

More pinches and dabs of this, that and the other.

More stirring, until the chemistry is perfect.

I will refrain from chanting "bubble bubble toil and trouble" as this is not what this is (this time).
<stifles a cackle>

No this time, it's a cauldron of a couple of gallons of tasty goodness.

Whatever it is, B, I'm betting it will be delicious, and make some lucky people happy. I can almost see the steam rising from it, and imagine the smells wafting through the kitchen. Come on, what is it?

 

[Bidin~Time]

spices and oils added to the meat of the fruit cooked to just the right consistency.

 

[Saint Peter]

green chile?

 

[Liar]

I'm getting a chutney vibe.

 

[glynndah]

Apple butter?

 

[Bidin~Time]

only if my eyes deceived me as to the fruit.

My nose, however, concurs with their assessment.

 

[Bidin~Time]

Apple butter?

You know your cauldrons, Miss Witch.

 

[glynndah]

only if my eyes deceived me as to the fruit.

My nose, however, concurs with their assessment.

Ah, a little too specific. Fruit butter of some sort, perhaps. We just finished with a batch of pear butter. Our trees produce lots and lots of very small fruit, only good for eating for a week or so, but perfect for pear butter.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Boiling an ex-lover's bunny?

 

[toubab]

You know your cauldrons, Miss Witch.

Damn. I swear I almost wrote that I could smell apples and cinnamon.

 

[glynndah]

You know your cauldrons, Miss Witch.

Thank you for the compliment.

A from the good little witch.

 

[Bidin~Time]

Ah, a little too specific. Fruit butter of some sort, perhaps. We just finished with a batch of pear butter. Our trees produce lots and lots of very small fruit, only good for eating for a week or so, but perfect for pear butter.

You were right, it is apple butter.


Our pears will be my next victims err...project

 

[Bidin~Time]

Boiling an ex-lover's bunny?

No, never! I would hold them and pet them and make over them until they ran away to be my very own bunny!

Damn. I swear I almost wrote that I could smell apples and cinnamon.

always go with your gut, or nose

Thank you for the compliment.

A from the good little witch.

You are most welcome.

 

[toubab]

always go with your gut, or nose

Good advice. I was thinking apples and cinnamon, but not apple butter, for some reason. I guess because my mother, who grew up as a country girl in a large family, and learned to cook at an early age, and was good at it, never made apple butter, to my knowledge. You're a country girl, right?

 

[JohnnySavage]

Back in the hills, the local volunteer fire department (think hillbillies with fire extinguishers and funny hats) have a fall fund raiser where they spend the day making apple butter.


nb: They also have monthly spaghetti dinners, a big chicken cook in the summer, the occasional buckwheat cake dinner and a ramp festival.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I hope you're wearing a pointy hat....

What else fits atop a pointy head? Maybe she's a Conehead.

 

[Bidin~Time]

Good advice. I was thinking apples and cinnamon, but not apple butter, for some reason. I guess because my mother, who grew up as a country girl in a large family, and learned to cook at an early age, and was good at it, never made apple butter, to my knowledge. You're a country girl, right?

Yes, I am country gal bumpkin through and through, and proudly so.

 

[Bidin~Time]

What else fits atop a pointy head? Maybe she's a Conehead.

You were not supposed to tell, sir. Now i shall have to find time to work up a proper snit.

Maybe next week, I'm too busy right now.

 

[Bidin~Time]

Back in the hills, the local volunteer fire department (think hillbillies with fire extinguishers and funny hats) have a fall fund raiser where they spend the day making apple butter.


nb: They also have monthly spaghetti dinners, a big chicken cook in the summer, the occasional buckwheat cake dinner and a ramp festival.

Your disdain for your roots disturbs and saddens me.

Also, they are volunteer departments and must raise a goodly portion of the money required to put out the fires when the meth labs explode...

 

[toubab]

Yes, I am country gal bumpkin through and through, and proudly so.

I'm not surprised. I could sense it. By the way, my mother used to make fried apples with butter, sugar, and cinnamon. But not two gallons at a time.