Much ~ma for your sister, Connie.

We're going with 'Susan' for the walker. We realised it covers three fandoms - with Ivanova, Sto-Helit and Pevensie (I think it was WindSparrow who didn't like going to a Narnia place with Susan, but it was my first fandom, so I'm good with that). So Susan she is. I look forward to giving a different answer every time someone asks why.

Today in my evening class, we were taught about feminism - very badly. I tried not to laugh or correct the teacher. I should have realised that taking a sociology class, even if not in my area of expertise, was inevitably going to involve occasional sniggering behind my laptop. Much like Shir in her classes, only less angry. I don't care enough about this class to be angry. (I do wish its essay deadline wasn't the day after my dissertation deadline though. Guess which one will get prioritised?)

Edit, because apparently that's not how you spell Pevensie. Who knew?

If I have neither food processor or food mill, do you have an alternate suggestion? Will a blender work? Potato masher? Prayer?

Once you've cooked chopped apples, they're pretty close to chunky applesauce as they are. A potato masher would work. A blender would probably work, but the result might be more of a puree than you'd want.

Vortex, you could also press them through a coarse-screen strainer (NOT a colander).

If I have neither food processor or food mill, do you have an alternate suggestion? Will a blender work? Potato masher? Prayer?

Either really. Blender if you want it really smooth, potato masher if you want it chunkier.

Vortex, you could also press them through a coarse-screen strainer (NOT a colander).

I have one of these. I don't know where it is, but I have it.

Or, since it's just two apples, mash them up with a fork (which I know you'll have to hand).

I add a dab of butter, a lot of cinnamon, a little bit of brown sugar (particularly if they're tart apples), and simmer till soft and then eat without mashing. It's one of my kids' favorite things and they don't eat apple sauce.

Guess which one will get prioritised?

Procrastinating on the internets, if you're anything like me when faced with competing deadlines.

I bought what I thought was a pork roast this weekend. Turns out that it was "picnic sliced". So, I have five big slabs of pork, kind of like ham steaks. I will sautee one of those tonight, deglaze the pan with some apple cider from the farmers market, and serve with the aforementioned applesauce. Hmm, I have some fresh ginger, maybe I'll grate some into the apples along with the cinnamon. I wonder if I have any star anise, that would be great, too.