Last week I had picked up 5 large peaches from Jungle Jim’s. They were huge and not quite ripe. My plan was to make a peach cobbler (or two) but since the kid had a b’day on Friday and we have more goodies than we can eat around here from that I decided to go the jam route. Fast forward a little while and we have 7 jars of jam on the counter and one in the fridge.

A couple of weeks ago I was watching Ciao Italia, one of the cooking shows I record on the homemade tivo. Mary Ann was with her mom making homemade noodles. What caught my eye was the fact that she had the same pasta machine (Atlas) that I have except hers has the motor attachment. I had tried once or twice to make noodles but was not happy with the result. Too thick and tough. She made it look so easy I decided to try it again. I am so glad I did as they turned out perfectly. To look at them you couldn’t tell they weren’t from the store. Thin and somewhat longer than what you pick up at the grocery they had a lot more flavor. I may never buy dried noodles again. I didn’t have a pasta dryer then and ended up hanging the noodles over plastic coat hangers. It worked but I wanted something easier to manage. While I was at Jungle Jim’s I picked up the pasta dryer in the pick for just over $10. I could have made one for next to nothing but this was easier. I decided to make another batch today. This is a triple batch of 1egg to 1c flour recipe. I added a tiny bit of water as my eggs were on the smallish side. This is the result.

On Friday I was at the thrift shop with the kid and found yet another Atlas with two extra attachments for $7.50 after the 50% discount. I don’t have a need for another machine but now I have a lasagna roller and a smaller noodle roller to go with the machine I have. I think I have a home for the extra pasta machine, I’ll find out Tuesday.