Eves’ potion

Pomegranates from our tree

We moved house last week from a cookie cutter tract home to a farm house on 2 1/2 half acres.

Exploring our property has been quite the adventure! Out buildings, an actual outhouse , fruit trees including walnut, persimmon and pomegranates.

We will be raising chickens , a small sheep , 4 dogs , 2 barn cats ,and a potbelly pig if I can convince my husband.

I picked up a 20 to 30 pomegranates and went to Pinterest to figure out what to do with them , deciding finally on syrup.

Some say that it wasn’t an apple that Eve offered Adam, but a pomegranate , and with the ‘seed’ and plentiful sweet juice, it wouldn’t surprise me one bit

Deseeding the pomegranates was a chore with pink splatters all over the kitchen. My preferred method was to cut them in half and hit them on the back with a wooden spoon.

The little gems fell into a tub of water I had below. I then placed them into a Ziploc bag removing most of the air, and crushed them with a rolling pin.

My 20 to 30 pomegranates yielded 2 cups of juice. I added a quarter cup of sugar and a squeeze of lemon juice, brought it to a boil and then simmered for 25 minutes.

I ended up with about half a cup of syrup.

Next was the tasting. I opened a bottle of Prosecco, poured a glass and a splash of the syrup with a few pomegranate seeds for decoration.

Result, I made a’ pomosa’ and it was delicious !!

Cheers! Welcome to farm life and all the joy it will bring.

It’s got me!

I do not , and have never, liked video games. I tried Pac Man and hated the idea of being chased. Asteroids, and could never peek out long enough to shoot and not be killed , Mario and not run off the pipe into the virtual abyss.

I never owned a hand held gaming system or ever attempted to play another game since the 90’s ( except Wii bowling which I enjoyed until I pulled my shoulder)

In short, I have very poor hand to eye coordination, little patience and don’t like being rushed or chased. Any repetitive noise annoys me to the point of distraction . Think the 7am lawnmower on a Sunday morning followed by the edger and then the blower. I could kill their gardener by 8am,( we don’t have one.)

I was introduced to the app game “2048” by my oldest son about 18 months ago and it has amused and frustrated me since. I have only beaten it 3 times in 18 months

I like it though. It’s simple , no pressure, no skill involved , no interaction with opponents chasing or shooting me and no noise.

The goal is to double the numbers from 2 until 2048 by moving tiles over a grid. Sounds really easy ( my eldest keeps flashing his iPhone at me EVERY time he succeeds which seems to be daily ) but even that victory evades me.

Its a great wee distraction whilst in the waiting room or on a bus or train.

Try it, you might like it.

No one paid me to say this but…..my bank account number can be had by the creators contacting me!

$2048 seems about right.