Well, Costco online and UPS fail at predicting when things will be delivered. Yesterday when we were at Costco, I broke down and bought the more expensive version of the FoodSaver that I'd ordered online because the shipping info said that it would be delivered on 12/23. I really wanted to keep cooking stuff through this weekend and get stuff packaged and sealed and frozen. Fortunately I didn't open the more expensive one as Mr. UPS man delivered the cheaper one to me today! Yay! When we return the expensive Foodsaver, we can get more trashbags and ziploc bags.
This morning I started the baked beans, and finished up with some apple corn sticks for a late lunch -- totally yummy, but I need to find a local source for bacon ends. Putting in the full amount of fatty bacon just doesn't work as well. Later I'm going to mix up some cookie doughs and pop them in the fridge for tomorrow. I'll also make up a chicken strata to bake tomorrow after the cookies are done baking. Mom and I also tried to tackle the hideously stained table cloth. 99% of the red velvet crumbs just brushed off no harm, no foul, but the spilled coffee with half and half in it is an absolute bear to remove. I scrubbed Shout over everything we could see, and tossed it in the washer with bleach on the whitest whites cycle, and we'll see what happens.
On the docket cookie-wise: Sugar cookie dough for cookie ornaments, and apricot and cherry foldover cookies, cherry winks, peanut blossoms. Still debating whether or not to go gingerbread. I think I might skip it since I do want to make that hot water orange marmalade gingerbread cake at some point soon.
Lots of stuff I still want to make, and I need to look at a timeline for Christmas since I'd like to brine that 13lb turkey I got at Costco. I want to make a small Italian Love Cake, a hickory nut cake, and um, other stuff I think. Wheee!
Wow - that's a lot of baking, and it all sounds wonderful. Will you post pictures?
Maybe! Now that the kitchen is clean, that sounds like a good idea, hehe :)