New Year

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.”

 

T.S. ELIOT

 

 

Lemons, Lemons, Lemons!

Our lemon tree is heavy with ripe fruit right now. 

Here's a great idea to preserve some of that lemony goodness, make limoncello. 

Limoncello is an Italian liqueur, traditionally served chilled after dinner.

It's delicious and easy to make.

 Limoncello

Yeilds about 1 1/2 quarts

  10     lemons, organic or pesticide free 

750     ml bottle of pure grain alchol (Everclear 151) or high proof vodka

    3     cups water

1 1/2  to 2 cups sugar

1. Wash and dry lemons. Zest with a microplane zester or peel and remove pith (white part) as it will make your Limoncello bitter.

2. In a large glass jar, mix the lemon peels with the alcohol.

3. Seal jar and put in a cool, dry place to steep for anywhere from 2 weeks to 3 months.

4. Unseal and bring water and sugar to a boil for 5 minutes. Let cool completely. 

5. Mix sugar syrup with alcohol and lemon peels.

6. Return jar to the cool, dry place for another 2 weeks.

7. Strain the mixture through a coffee filter. You can strain several times for a clear Limoncello or leave it cloudy. Either way it's great!

8. Store the Limoncello in the freezer and serve chilled.

Cin Cin !

from Sweet Paul Magazine - Winter 2012

Summer Every Day

“One day, you will learn how to give

and receive love like an open window 

and it will feel like summer every day.”

Sierra DeMulder

 

 

Happy Halloween

Hope you're all having a spooky Halloween!

-Susan

Labor Day Week on SALE!

One more week left this summer so we put it on SALE!

Labor Day Week 9/1 - 9/8/12
$1300 all inclusive
(please add a $100 per pet fee (if applicable))
(we have a 3 night minimum and rent Saturday through Saturday in summer)

that's over $350 off for the week!

We're giving first dibs to our Facebook and Blogger friends,
after 8/24 we'll put it on craigslist

Call 773 474 2456 or email info@goodhavenhouse.com 

SALE July 28 - August 4 2012

Yikes! We've been so busy we forgot we have one empty week
Saturday, July 28 - Saturday, August 4, 2012

We're putting it on SALE for $1300 all inclusive
(please add $100 per pet)
that's over $300 off for the week

We're giving first dibs to our Facebook and Blogger friends,
after 7/11 we'll put it on craigslist

Call 773 474 2456 or email info@goodhavenhouse.com 

Hope you're all having a wonderful summer!!!

Thanks

A Wish for Plenty

Hunger feels like pincers,

like the bite of crabs,

it burns and has no fire.

Hunger is a cold fire.

Let us sit down to eat

with all those who haven’t eaten;

let us spread great tablecloths,

put salt in the lakes of the world,

set up planetary bakeries,

tables with strawberries in snow,

and a plate like the moon itself

from which we can all eat.

For now I ask no more

than the justice of eating

from “The Great Tablecloth” by Pablo Neruda