Greetings, all.
Whew, the last couple weeks have been stressful – in a good way. Grandson#1 graduated from High School. There have been many events.
I have spent the last two days baking – in a kitchen that has poor ventilation on a day that was 85 outside.
I learned several things: we definitely need better ventilation/air flow. There is no Exhaust Fan. No real air cross-flow to sweep the heat away. A fan just redistributed it.
If I am going to do more serious cooking, I need to rethink my baking pans. To make bars like cream cheese rhubarb, and frosted lemon bars, I need deeper pans. The cooky sheets that I use barely have sides/lip on them, they are not dual purpose. I need some with a good inch or more on the sides. Then, again, with so much baking, cookies and thick bars, I needed multiple pans and had to borrow some. This is something to think about; getting rid of pans that really are not very useful.
I took a five minute walk last night to cool off from the heat of the kitchen. In that five minutes I received a black fly bite. After all these years, I still do not know how to treat them. I am plagued by insects that bite. It is safe to sit next to me. The bugs will bite me and not you.
It is time to make a topping for the rhubarb cream cheese bars then shower and depart for the party. Tomorrow Hubby and I have agreed to just sit and relax. Sleep in. As we age, it becomes more difficult to handle all of these events, with driving times over 1/2 hour away, and through city traffic.
Enjoy your June.