Marmalade and Stuff.

Today is shaping up to be a little busy so the marmalade I was going to make will be be done the shortcut way, in the slow cooker. I know some people do it in the bread maker, I must try. The slow cooker is perfect for small batches.

Since no-one here eats the stuff except me occasionally, the jars I keep will last for ever. :)
 I don't eat jams as a rule but I do like the odd bit of the old marmalade and like to use it in cooking as well. The amount of sugar in jams is deadly but given how rarely I indulge I'm not going to fret over it..

I'm just about brain-dead from this assignment I'm doing at the moment. I finished it yesterday but on reading it through for about the 10th time I've decided to make a few changes. :) I could weep from boredom!!!!
I can't wait to be finished quite frankly; the whole process has been incredibly slow; it really could be done in a year instead of two.

The chickens were quite naughty today! I let them free-range with never a problem - until now! Four of them were down the hill in next door. I got three of them to come when I called but Violet can be a very independent chicken and do you think she'd come back home? I was in a bit of a hurry to get them back in their coop as there was a heck of a storm brewing, it was sooooo black over the mountains. The neighbours can be a little funny so I'm calling this crazy chook in a stage whisper trying to get her attention. Occasionally she'd glance around at my voice but couldn't see where I was so back to pecking she'd go. It finally got the better of me so I got her attention by banging the side of the mash bucket - scared five years growth out of her. She got a solid talking to from me and a peck from one of the other girls. lol.
Mark had started to make them a run but I think he's going to have to finish it if they are going to start roaming far and wide.