HungryChris

That is, indeed, where they came from! HC

The cow manure compost has really worked wonders. I started making sauce, oven roasting and giving tomatoes away about a week ago. More compost, but fewer plants next year. HC

Happy as a clam! Narragansett Bay littlenecks. HC

Salami grinder and iced coffee. We lost water, phone, wifi, television and a few TVs last Saturday in a bad electrical storm. I hope to be back to normal this afternoon. I am posting this from Panera Bread near home. What a pain!!! HC

Initially, I sautéed zucchini with onions for breakfast in a stoic effort to use every last one of them, but now I find myself buying zucchini in the Sunday farmer's market to fill in while I wait for the second string plants to come on line. HC

I struggled with this problem a few years back. I threw out every bit of grain / pasta in the house and anything that came in, I kept in sealed containers. Eventually, I tracked it down to a bag of sunflower seeds kept in the basement to feed the birds. Now that goes into a sealed garbage can as soon as it comes in the house. HC

Poached eggs, leftover kielbasa and onions and toasted ciabatta. HC

TftC, The tentacles are my favorite part as well. Given the choice, I like to find the smaller squid. These were day boat fresh, but on the larger side. Still, hard to resist at $2.99 pp. HC

rotuts, Fresh squid holds up well when frozen, as long as it is treated well. I would not hesitate to use frozen, but think there must be fresh squid sold somewhere near you. HC

Calamari, a favorite, with a spicy lemon and garlic aioli, fresh cole slaw and tomatoes. HC

Potato and cheese perogies with onion and sour cream. These were frozen. Fresh ones are hard to come by in these parts and it is only a matter of time before I try my hand at making them. HC

Kielbasa and onions cooked in foil on the grill with salads. HC

Smoked Korean BBQ chicken and kimchi sandwich. I was skeptical, but it sells itself. HC

Stuffed shells and bruschetta. HC

Well needed rain showers today. I grabbed the opportunity, during a brief respite, to pick tomatoes. HC

Poached eggs, leftover corn off the cob and home fries. HC

Reheated smoked baby backs, serve yourself bruschetta and corn on the cob. HC

Bruschetta, fried eggs and potato and onion hash browns. HC

Hickory smoked baby backs, cucumber and tomato salad. I have read about, but never tried, until now, the method of coating the ribs with ball park mustard, before the dry rub. It does help with the rub process, but, I think the salt in the rub should be reduced when using this method. here they are after the rub has been applied. Here they are after smoking. I have already sliced off the ones for our meal. I also had some chicken that I marinated for Korean BBQ, but realized we were going out to dinner with a group tomorrow night and decided to smoke them with the pork, as they would be in the marinade a bit to long otherwise. It remains to be seen, how the Korean BBQ gets along with hickory smoke. HC

It's hard to resist calling these "sandal pizzas", as I can almost imagine that mushroom on the upper right as a big toe, but they are cubanelle pepper, mushroom and onion, French bread pizzas. HC

Stuffed cabbage with fresh tomatoes. One of the many, many ways I like to have tomatoes is to slice them up on a plate, hit them with a little garlic powder, dried basil and dill and drizzle with a bit of olive oil and add a pinch of kosher salt, then put them in the wine fridge to chill about an hour before dinner. They start disappearing pretty quickly. HC

We decided to have a McDonald's lobster roll before they are gone for the season. This one was in Webster, Ma. It wasn't terrible, but clearly was not prepared with prideful presentation in mind. It also had the consistency of frozen product. Here is one of the ones we had in Pawcatuck, CT last year: This one from last year in CT was, by far, a superior product, and was clearly fresh. Now I am tempted to go back and try it at the same place this year, just out of curiosity. HC

I took the leftover tomato, cucumber and onion salad and turned it into a kind of gazpacho with the immersion blender. Added a little sour cream. Quite refreshing. Had it with a little stuffed sweet pepper. HC

Fried eggs, stir fried zucchini, Italian toast and spicy hot pickled ribbon zucchini. The hot sauce and stir fried zucchini makes my mouth water and the hot pickled zucchini makes my eyes water, in a good way. HC