domestic goddess

[flummoxicated]

It's been snowing all day! The perfect day to make a pot of chili. I make mine with curry. Yum. I'll start the cornbread shortly. Come over for dinner!

I may have lost my mojo for selecting colors for quilts. That, or the fabric isn't suitable for the pattern I'm wanting to use, something called a double rail fence for all you quilters out there. I spent an hour at the JoAnns trying to find the perfect fabric. Think I'll just pick out another pattern.

ETA: Seems that the light in the oven only comes on when you open the oven door. That's poor design, that is.

Comments

[ciorstan.livejournal.com]

Hah, great minds!

We made chili and cornbread last night. I put a little bit of rosemary in my cornbread, which makes it extra yummy. Mine's baked in my ancient cast-iron frying pan, which makes a nice crispy crust on the bottom.

[flummoxicated.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure why I haven't made mine in the cast-iron skillet - or with rosemary...your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter!

[ciorstan.livejournal.com]

Well, I have a rosemary bush, so it lends itself easily to this sort of thing. Thyme also works, but rosemary has a sharp, bitey sort of aromatic piney taste and I think it stands up better to chili.

My cast-iron skillet is about 50 or 60 well-seasoned years old, and it's wonderful to use. I got it as a hand-me-down from my late stepfather, when he decided to switch all his pots and pans to Le Creuset. He gave me his ancient Calphalon at the same time.

[anomilygrace.livejournal.com]

Have you ever tried some of the online quilt fabric shops? I rarely find stuff I like at JoAnns, but the Fat Quarter shop or Purl have some excellent selections and - especially Fat Quarter shop - have some very nice sales.

[flummoxicated.livejournal.com]

I have ordered from the Fat Quarter Shop. I'll have to check out Purl. I think the main problem was that I was trying to get a busy fabric to work in a pattern that wasn't a good fit.