Weekend's Wear me OUT!

I am just now posting about my weekend because this one wore me "SLAP" out (as my mama would say)!  On my trip to my grandparents' farm I stopped by the local Mennonite Country store and found cantelopes and watermelons for a buck a piece!  Woo Hooo!  I then headed to the farm where we proceeded to harvest cabbage to make sourkraut.  Last year when we made kraut I remember picking these huge, but light, heads and this year we had the opposite.  Its so funny to see heads of cabbage "bleed" water like someone just sliced their throat (technically we kinda did).  Kraut making was stinky but fun and my gram confided in me how to make sure your kraut comes out good-you make sure you have a cranky old woman around when making it!

            

Next I headed out to West Va. to visit my lovely friend Nicole.  We watched goofy movies and went to Harper's Ferry.  It made for a great girl time!  I didn't cook or clean all weekend, it almost felt sinful! 

 So, to make up for it we decided to try out the sourdough starter-FAIL!  It wouldn't rise, but we baked it anyway-TWICE!  The first time it looked done but Don cut into it and the middle looked raw.  I then proceeded to slice it into pieces and baked it again kinda like biscotti.  The flavor is nice, but its a bit tough.

We also managed to squeeze a trip to Hinish Farm Market and ended up getting the best peaches EVER!  We also got some Honey Crisp apples that are enormous(note the picture of one sitting on top of a 12oz butter bowl) and taste like you are biting into an apple pie.  And after getting all this healthy fruit we headed over to the local dairy and grabbed a cone of pumpkin pie ice cream.  And now my days are haunted with wanting more and more and more of that tasty treat!  ARGH!