Thinking about getting into trouble.

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Well, maybe not that much trouble.  Not today anyway.  I am happy with the day though.  I have broken out.  It's almost 15:00.  I haven't seen this time of the day for quite some while.  I pressure cooked a roast, this time tinkering a bit.  Whether because of the altitude, or some other factors, my pressure cooker cooks much faster than what the manufacturer recommends.  I did figure out the lowest setting to maintain the higher pressure, as well.  On my stove, that is about a 4 (out of 10).  I tried a 2 and a 3, but they simply don't keep the pressure up.  A roast that is supposed to take 40 minutes by weight and type took 15 minutes.  Why?  I just can't be sure.

I need to put the roast away, still, and perhaps make gravy.  The remaining fluid is excellent for that.  I am going to begin studying sauces beside gravy.  I now have a top hat, if I want to strain it to a sufficient level.  The chinois I have is fine enough that I shouldn't need cheese cloth.  It was a bit more expensive, but in a life time, it pays for itself in cloth, the bother of keeping it on hand, cleanup, and convenience, to my mind.  As I may have mentioned, I am not a saucier.  I simply haven't learned that particular skill, yet.

Oh, and the last thing I want to do is find pencils and a sketchpad, or even a folder for sheets of simple printer paper.  I buy only the whitest.  When in town, I may stop at the art supply store and look for kneaded erasers.  Something tells me they will help a great deal.  While never truly an artist, I drew enough, when younger, using typical school supplies, including those damnable orange erasers, to know something better when I see it.  While there I may review their sketch kits.  Amazon has some decent variety sketching items for ~$6 (though shipping may be... excessive).  If they are at all comparable locally, I will buy locally.  If not, they will simply go into my next order from Amazon.  Still, no reason not to tinker in the meantime.

Hmm, might have to look a few more places for those clear runners.  I would really like to hit the floors with the steam vac.  Then again, I'd also like to get into town.  Bleh...  I'll... do what I can, for now.  I'll be up a while longer, probably several hours, but I believe this will be my last post for the day.  Perhaps I am trying to do... too many things?  Nah!  Good night.