So A Girl Walks Into A Bar...

Introducing one of my new vintage purchases. A super cool mid-mod metal cabinet with sliding doors complete with a black leather-esque writing pad on top. I picture this coming out of Don Draper's office on Mad Men...at least in my mind.

{Drum roll}...I'm making a liquor cabinet out of it! Uh, yeah, brilliant - I'm just saying. It's perfect for it - shelf inside, right size, right height. I really can't decide whether to have it repainted a hi-gloss white while leaving the top and legs as they are...but the more I look at it, the more I love the old-school gunmetal gray. I've already consulted a fine furniture painter, Maaco Auto Body Repair & Painting {joke, but not really}. Super good resource to get metal furniture painted with a car quality finish at a reasonable price.

Now the last question to answer is shaken or stirred?

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Death Machine {a.k.a. Pressure Canner}

Am I the only one that uses a death machine any more? Otherwise known as a pressure canner...

Who am I kidding, there are very few of us canning aficionados left. I {heart} canning, it's one of my favorite things to do. Something about seeing the pantry shelf lined with fresh garden produce to be enjoyed all year long...you really don't know what you're missing.

Just finished a fresh batch of green beans...now in a few months when it's cold and dreary outside, I can put a little piece of fatback (you probably don't know what that is if you are north of the Mason- Dixon line - too bad for you), render the fat, then put the canned green beans in with some frozen {fresh} corn cut from the cob, finish with salt and pepper. Green has never tasted so good.

Go ahead, take a chance on canning. Look at it this way, if the apocalypse comes and you are forced to hide out in your bomb shelter, you'll be glad you have all your canned beauties to choose from...with or without the fatback.

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