Theater Tech

 Amelie's in Theater Tech this year for her practical art & they're building the sets for the plays that Hickman puts on. We went to see the first production - Mama Mia - and to admire Amelie's wall/door/floor that she worked on. Look how professional!

Pickled Green Tomatoes

Posting this to save it for posterity (and myself). I love the pickled green tomatoes they serve at some fried fish places in the bootheel & it's a great way to use up all the green tomatoes left at the end of the season. It's kind of relishy and goes well with fish & white beans & anything really. (I like it with a lot of my side's thanksgiving food.) 

It cooks down a fair amount & the tomatoes release a lot of liquid if you're worried about it not being enough. We didn't put any hot peppers in - maybe next year!

We did a 1/4 recipe and it made about 2 quarts, so here's that translation: 

8 cups green tomatoes

1 cup onions

1/2 cup white vinegar

3/4 cup sugar

2 tablespoons salt

Mix everything but tomatoes together til hot, add green tomatoes and bring to a pool til tomatoes turn light green, turn off heat, place in hot sterilized jars. 

Tonsillectomy

 Jim got his tonsils & adenoids out on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. It's been a week and a half and I think he's pretty well recuperated - no PE for a couple more days, they said, though. 

His surgery wasn't until 3:45pm, which makes for a long day of no food! And nothing to drink, either, after noon. 

He ended up having to spend the night in the hospital and was Not A Fan. We watched the Jack Black Jumanji and had some popsicles and microwave mac & cheese. All in all a little crappier experience than maybe he was expecting! There was the holiday plus a snow day at school, so he only ended up missing 2 days.