sleeping "in" as if i had an infant...

Today was my only day off in a while, so I decided it would be a good idea to: sleep in, drink coffee in bed, snuggle, go to the industry brunch at Trina's Starlite Lounge and then go grocery shopping. Followed by more snuggling/lounging.

Instead, I woke up at 7am. I trudged through the thick, heavy, wet snow to get some coffee. I made 7 pints of grapefruit marmalade. THEN I went to brunch, followed by the grocery store. It's 4:43pm and I am ready to go to sleep. Sad how "sleeping in" is now 'til 7.

What isn't sad is grapefruit marmalade, though. It's not hard to make and you can do it without canning if you want to eat it within a few weeks or use it for marinade or sauce for pork or chicken. If you have an abundance of red grapefruit, and I'm looking at you Arizona and Florida, try this out.

Grapefruit Marmalade

Stupidly easy, it makes people think you know how to make stuff that's hard. 

5 red grapefruit
2 cups water
3 cups sugar
3/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon baking soda

Wash, then cut the grapefruit into quarters. Remove the fruit from the rind, and save it in a bowl. Scrape or cut off as much of the pith (the white part of the rind) as you can. Thinly slice the rind and place it into a large pot.

Add the water, sugar, vanilla and baking soda to the pot. Put the heat onto medium-high and allow it to come to a simmer. Meanwhile, remove the seeds from the fruit and chop it into large chunks. Add the fruit and any juice to the pot.

Boil for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat and either can it or place it into jars, uncovered, to cool off and set.

Viola. You will now make people jealous.