Fall Samhain Moon
Split wood from the two cedars and the ironwood stacked. Plenty of kindling sized wood, some paper, smaller sized chunks of wood, plus two pallets to break up and split. Then, out there, lying yet in the woods, the tapering trunk of the ironwood plus two thick branches, waiting to be cut into true bonfire sized logs for the outside of the fire. Thought I might have to buy some wood, but no. All I need right here.
All the leeks harvested, the tops trimmed off and waiting in the hod for the hoses to thaw out so I can wash the roots outside. It’s chicken pot pie day here at Artemis Hives and Gardens. After, that is, a visit to the city to see Audacious Eye and have lunch.
There will be three pots, a chicken in every pot, boiling away with garlic and onions, celery and carrots sauteed first, then the water, then the chicken. The leeks in another pot, also boiling. After some time, corn and peas and pearl onions into the chicken pots. At that point the chickens come out and get plopped onto cookie sheets where the flesh comes off and gets cut up into smaller chunks. Which get put back into the pots, again one chicken each.
Get out the pie tins with pie dough in them and the box of Pappy’s dough so it can soften.
Add the leeks to the pots and thicken with corn starch or Wondra. Tricky step, probably will do it in smaller bowls. The thickened chicken broth with chicken, peas, corn, leeks, pearl onions, carrots and celery spread out in the pie tins.
Flatten that Pappy’s with a rolling pin, always flouring the surface, make it big enough to cover the pie tin, put it on like a night cap, crimp the edges, make marks in it to let the steam out. Toss in the oven. Wait a while.
Chicken pot pies. Most will be frozen, probably all but one.
