Nobody Died

 Or why you might not want to eat one of my cakes ;-).

I'd watched enough Bake Off to learn that store bought jam is too sweet for cake filling so I decided to buy fresh raspberries and cook my own.  After it's finished on the stove, you need to push it through a fine sieve to remove all the seeds.  This was harder than it looked on tv.

I had a small strainer I'd planned to use, but quickly realized I needed a larger one.  Well, that's not a problem.  I have one up at the barn.  I use them to scoop hay and other detritus from the water tanks.  A thorough washing with soap and hot water and it was sparkling clean.

After working all the seeds out of the raspberries, I had just as much trouble washing the seeds from the strainer.  I washed and scrubbed and finally took the spray nozzle to it...and a bunch of hay (and possibly other detritus) flushed out from under the shiny clean rim (!).

There was no way I was going to waste re-make the fresh raspberries.  It had boiled on the stove.  Surely there's a five minute rule if boiling is involved.  I kept my mouth shut...and no one died.

I have since bought a set of dedicated kitchen strainers ;-).