Well, it turns out that we will end up appearing to be more traditional than we actually are. I’d forgotten that it’s Easter season when I ordered a Kentucky country ham earlier this week. It is now in its daylong bath to remove a lot of the excess salt, in preparation for a lovely feast tomorrow. I do believe this is a good excuse to get some more Maker’s Mark ... a bourbon glaze is just the thing for this ham!

In a bit – after all the breakfasting is done – I’ll be boiling some eggs so that we can undertake our first experiments with coloring them with natural dyes. I have wanted to do this for years, and it’s quite possible that I am more excited about the project than the snolfs are. Look for a report, possibly with some pictures, to follow – if I survive the process, that is.