{"id":1785,"date":"2013-09-12T13:55:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T18:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2013-09-12T13:55:15","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T18:55:15","slug":"mid-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/mid-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-September"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don’t ask me where in hell the year has gone, because I don’t know.<\/p>\n

Gaby is at playcare today, running with the pack (cue Bad Company). I was going to clean, but wound up doing laundry and baking instead. Neighbor-with-fruit-trees gave me a basket of white and yellow peaches, and while they tasted fine fresh, there were so many that I didn’t want to risk them going off, so I made a cobbler.<\/p>\n

Sidebar to say that my absolute favorite Donna Noble line comes during her wedding, when her friend Nerys (sp?), who does give off a Bitch Vibe, complains that Donna made her wear peach. “But you are a peach,” Donna replies. “Fair of skin. Stone inside. Going off.” <\/p>\n

Anyway. I had been planning to make the usual Bisquick cobbles, but I tripped over this recipe<\/a> online and decided to give it a go. Blanched and peeled the peaches using the tomato method–which I guess is the peach method, too–by cutting an X on the bottom of each peach, then sticking them in boiling water for a minute or so, then shoveling them into a bowl of ice water. Let them cool for a few, then peel. Skin came off nice as you please:<\/p>\n

\"skinned<\/a><\/p>\n

Peeled and sectioned the peaches:<\/p>\n

\"Prepped<\/a><\/p>\n

Poured the melted butter and lightly mixed batter into a 13×9-inch baking dish. Added a few drops of Fiori di Sicilia to the batter because it really freshens the taste:<\/p>\n

\"Butter<\/a><\/p>\n

Brought the peaches to a boil with vanilla, cinnamon, sugar, and a few teaspoons of Grand Marnier, just to see if it would make a diff:<\/p>\n

\"cooked<\/a><\/p>\n

Baked for about 45 minutes at 375F:<\/p>\n

\"We<\/a><\/p>\n

House smelled great while it baked. Haven’t tried it yet–fruit and spices taste better after sitting a few hours, for all the recipes tell you to eat fresh\/warm from the oven. I’ll have some tonight, with coffee. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don’t ask me where in hell the year has gone, because I don’t know. Gaby is at playcare today, running with the pack (cue Bad Company). I was going to clean, but wound up doing laundry and baking instead. Neighbor-with-fruit-trees gave me a basket of white and yellow peaches, and while they tasted fine fresh, Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,66],"tags":[8,25,17],"class_list":["post-1785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-house","category-food","tag-around-the-house","tag-cooking","tag-food"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1785"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1792,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions\/1792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristine-smith.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}