ION, tired. Back from a great if brief camping trip, and I'm happy to report that the dog is a champion camper. I'm expecting her to put in a formal request that we ditch this condo thing and just move into the forest full time.
Great food, gorgeous weather, though we did have one of the monsoon-style downpours we've been getting this summer at 5 this morning. Naturally, all three people instantly thought of things we urgently needed to make sure were covered so we all ended up soaked. But once we made it back to the tent it was so nice going back to sleep with the rain pounding down.
And
the ranger only had to come over and tell us to shut the hell up already one time, a personal best! Sigh.
I'm making chicken broth. How long do I simmer the bones?
Stop it people. I'm talking about soup.
Go Team Itchy Special Fragile Flowers!
(Although I will keep eggs for freaking ever. Not that it matters, since we go through them really quickly anyway.)
Eh. I've kept eggs unrefrigerated for weeks and lived to tell the tale. They were very fresh eggs.
You can simmer for about 45 mins on med-lo, but I prefer to simmer at lo for a couple of hours. YBoneBoilingMMV.
YAY! I'm glad the heat worked, and I am SO keeping that in mind.
Hair report - not quite the screaming cherry red I was aiming for, but I AM very pleased with it. It's more a shrieking merlot-served-on-sunny-patio. It will look red but reputable in a medium-lit shot, and will blaze like fire in the sun.
That, a salt rub and a brow wax and I feel like a girl again. (Whatever that is, gender blahdy -- I FEEL PRETTY!)
Oh, and I saw a Deborah Lippmann nail polish line in my Beauty Brands and there was this utterly awesome opalescent purple-lavender-light turquoise.
Whatever Lola Wants [link]
(yeah, made with Kelly Ripa, I KNOW, but if I hadn't been chanting "Budget budget wait for nail polish box, bitchface" it would have been MINE. So pretty on!
I simmer stock for 4 hours, Sox, but I think I am an outlier (and I like my chicken broth as rich and gelatinous as possible).
Ombre nail polish! [link]
Paging Jilli... [link]
I've kept eggs unrefrigerated for weeks and lived to tell the tale. They were very fresh eggs.
When I first started dating Tom I noticed that he kept his eggs (from the supermarket) in the cabinet. I asked him to start keeping them in the fridge, which he did, but I don't think he ever had any adverse reactions from it. I think it might have been a British thing? I don't know.
When I visited Ireland several years ago, supermarkets kept eggs on the shelves, not in the fridge.
Ok, I simmered it for a couple of hours - everything fell apart when I strained the broth out, and it smells awesome. We had chicken for dinner and I couldn't see letting the bones go without making broth, even though it's late.
Thank you for the tips - I'm going to let it simmer longer next time, as I trend toward outlier.
