Two days ago, Nanny showed up at our back door with two boxes - about 4 cups, altogether - of fresh raspberries that her sister had given her. The berries were about to get too ripe. Something had to be done with them soon.
I love raspberries, but I did not want to bake with them. Raspberry syrup seemed like a good idea.
There are lots of raspberry syrup recipes online. The general idea seems to be twice as many raspberries as sugar, and twice as much sugar as water. So I washed the berries, measured out two cups of sugar and a cup of water, and set it to boiling on the stove. When the sugar dissolved, I added the berries, cooked it for 10 minutes or so, strained out the seeds, and poured it into a jar, thinking I'd have some on a biscuit the next morning.
I had some on a biscuit this morning. It tasted okay, but it was too thin and could've been a tad sweeter, so I poured it back into a pan, added 1/3 cup sugar, and boiled it another 10 minutes. It still seemed to need something, so I added about 2 oz. of creme de cacao and cooked it a few minutes longer. That did the trick.
Until it cools, I won't know if the syrup is the right consistency. If not, it'll go back on the stove for a bit.
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Yesterday, The Husband bought a kerosene heater for the back porch. We already had a propane heater, but the fan won't work, and we've had to stand right next to it to keep from freezing. We ran the new heater for a couple of hours on a low setting, and it warmed up the porch fairly well. It might not knock off the chill when the outside temps are below freezing, but since we don't have too many of those days in these parts, this heater ought to do the job nicely on most days.
Gold star for The Husband!
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