[Magdalen] Black Fingers

[Grace Cangialosi]

Sounds like a wonderful feast, Susan!

> On Jun 26, 2016, at 8:00 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I just finished pitting 2.5 pounds of dark sweet cherries and my
> fingers are a gruesome color.  It does not wash off, even with Lava
> soap.  I feel like Morticia Adams.
> 
> I am making Cherry Ketchup in anticipation of my friend's visit next
> weekend.  She has ulcerative colitis with many food sensitivities,
> among them tomatoes and peppers.  I want to barbecue for the 4th of
> July and found this recipe.  It is a sort of fruit chutney with
> cherries and sweet spices - ginger, cinnamon, cloves and lemon, honey
> and vinegar.  It is supposed to be like a barbecue sauce.  I think it
> will taste good whether or not it is a replacement for a tomato based
> sauce.  Still, I think it's going to take a few days for my hands to
> return to normal.
> 
> She can't have preserved meats either so I'm going to brine my own
> chickens and maybe some ribs and do them in my smoker.
> 
> Susan
> 
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> you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
> land of Egypt.
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