Lemons and a Quilt

My makeshift double boiler.

Hey, it works!

First I put this together and heated the water, 

then I added the eggs, sugar and lemon juice

to the smaller pan and placed the pan in the

bigger one with the bottom

in the simmering water.

And then whisked away nonstop!

(for about 10 minutes)

The recipe said until it thickens to the

consistency of sour cream...

eh... it was more like soft pudding

when I quit.

Here are the ingredients:

3 eggs

1/3 cup lemon juice (fresh)

(I strained the lemon juice)

3/4 cup sugar

1 tb lemon zest

1/2 cube butter

I had to keep whisking so the eggs

wouldn't turn into

scrambled eggs.

After it thickened I poured it into the bowl,

(I skipped a step here and didn't strain it to

get out any eggy bits --- guess I was so

good at whisking there were no eggy bits)

I then added the lemon zest and butter and

mixed it in until the butter melted.

I had everything room temp

so no problem.

Here is the finished product and boy does

it taste yummy!

I love lemony stuff!

I covered it and put it in the fridge

and the next day

it was just like pudding only better.

We had the lemon curd for breakfast

 on our buttermilk pancakes...

well Dad had jam, but that's just him.

There are lots of lemon curd recipes on the net

with more specific instructions,

so go ahead and give it a try.

All you need is a good arm,

or some help.

As promised...

Here is the blue and yellow quilt.

Isn't Jean cute!

I took this on Christmas evening 2008

Love + Hugs

I have to give my mother-in law a call

and find out if it is OK with her

to put her and her quilt

on the blog.

No eggs!

This is the second day the chickens have let me down.

There is still snow outside

so maybe they are cold

or

they are laying their eggs outside in the oak leaves?

I want to make the persimmon pie

so I sure hope we get some eggs tomorrow

or I am going to have to figure out

something else to do

with the persimmons.

Yea! it is raining!

Smiles!