Preparedness 15.0 / Back By Popular Demand! Cranberry Orange Cream Scones

 

Preparedness 15.0 / Back By Popular Demand!

After all the great comments I decided to keep on keeping on. Watching things I am still seeing more shortages and price hikes. I decided to buy a small beef roast for the weekend to roast and got major sticker shock. I went ahead and bought a smaller one, since there's only two of us, and just wanted some for a few meals. I used this basic recipe Bottom Round Roast but left out the broth and wine-

Next time I will thaw one of mine out! I think the beef prices from the spring have almost doubled from what I can see. I made the roast with veggies, then made French dips the next night! 

Still spending time dehydrating tomatoes, almost down to the very end-

I'm happy to have them but will be glad when that is done and I can put my dehydrator away. We have a reasonably small kitchen and not a lot of counter space. The kale and collard greens are holding on well since it's cool weather, will mulch them and see if I can winter them over. Last year my collard greens actually survived the winter without mulching. I just fed them to the chickens in the spring. This year I'm going to mulch them both and see what happens. I also have my Kohlrabi that never produced the little sputniks, so I will let them winter over also.

As far as purchasing I'm just filling in a few more gaps here and there. I've been hearing with the grain shortage there may be a major pasta shortage in the not-too-distant future. Luckily pasta is still pretty cheap so I've been buying a few extras here and there, as well as extra flour when I see it on sale. I could always make homemade pasta if needed! Years ago I bought a used Perfection kerosene heater at a thrift store cheap. I'm going to fire it up this weekend since I've never used it. With fuel shoratges looming better to have it working and not need it-

Kerosene is much safer than gas, etc. because it is so less flammable. Kerosene heaters made by Perfection company go way way back, they also made cookstoves. It is always important to have a carbon monoxide detector on hand if you're going to use them inside in the closed space and to crack windows so be warned! I would also never use one when I'm sleeping.

I'm still buying more cat food and stockpiling some since Anya a sensitive stomach. It's easier to buy two little boxes at a time instead of one and stash it. It's nice when you can buy the cans in the small shallow box because they're easier to stack. I've decided to get back into baking now that the garden is winding down. Bread-making is on the horizon soon, I did go ahead and start with a new scone recipe. They were fabulous! Recipe below.

Cranberry Orange Cream Scones-

I used to always loved getting these scones from a certain coffee shop years ago (Starbuck's). Not too sweet and a little tart. Then the recipe changed, yuck, no whole cranberries, more like a jam filling. After buying some of Trader Joe's scones (which were nice) I read the label, way too much sugar! I decided to start making my own cran-orange scones. Scones are nice because you really can flavor them any way you want. I found this recipe The Yes Chef Kitchen, and the dough was a little dry, so I added more cream. I baked a batch and we loved them! Slightly crisp on the bottom and very tender and moist inside. I used frozen cranberries, that's the ticket! I think I would add more orange zest next time, since I love citrus. It's a keeper!