Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Sunshine

Easter morning was a chilly 35 degrees. My father read in the paper that our California temperatures were exactly the same as Alaska's. ALASKA?!?! REALLY?!?! He was bragging about the fact he was wearing his fleece-lined jeans and winter sweater on Easter Sunday. I actually caught myself about to wish several people a 'Merry Christmas' because my body was so confused as to what season we were in. (But, by golly, I wore my Easter dress to church! Wrapped in a wool coat, of course....) ;-)





Thank you Sunshine for making a re-appearance today. Really, you shouldn't ever leave the California skyline between the hours of 6am and 9pm. That's where you belong, after all.... ;-)








In honor of its reappearance, I present to you candied orange peel. There are fewer things that make me feel warm and summery than citrus. :) It sponataneously came-to-be the other day when I was making the tians, as I couldn't bear tossing out half a dozen perfectly good orange peels. (At least if I'd had a compost pile, it would have been put to good use fertilizing.)



Very easy to make, just takes a few blanchings, a sugar bath and lay them out to dry.
In the sun, if you want....

4 comments:

Matt & Catherine said...

And they are oh so yummy! :)

Ben Hatke said...

You take really good photos!

Christine said...

I really want to make candied orange peel. It used to be my go-to snack before experiencing chocolate covered espresso beans!

Hope you had a happy Easter! The temperature was rather drab, but there's something symbolic about rain on Easter weekend.

Addie F said...

This was a lovelly blog post