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Picked the rest of the onions and have started putting up corn One cool thing that came out of the horrible flooding has been the amount of toads around here. Seriously you have to look down at the ground the whole time while walking so that you don't step on one. I just love watching them. This guy is out guarding the squash

As long as they are covered in the oil--I've not died yet and have had some for at least 8 months to a year.

I think I mentioned somewhere around here that Ronnie went fishing for a few days. He went to a place called Cat Island just off the coast of Mississippi. Brought back red fish and sea trout. I fried up some of the sea trout last night. SO good. Used the melty cheese calculator (I'm obsessed with it now). Had a few bits of all different kinds of cheese in the fridge. Don't even remember what some of them were lol. I do know I had some Jarlsberg and some sharp white cheddar.... Tomatoes, sweet corn and mustard greens from the garden to go with.

Busy time of year, as usual. Yesterday I picked a lot of our Nirvana sweet corn. Sat in the driveway with a beer or two and shucked it all (ahhhhhh summer ). \ Brought a huge pot of salted water to boiling and blanched the corn for 3 minutes and straight into an ice water bath. Meanwhile, Ronnie was in the garage making me this corn holder thingy to make it easier to scrape the corn off LOVE my Vacmaster. Can't say that enough Also, made the corn stock from Deep Run Roots and put a couple tubs in the freezer Getting a lot of cherry/grape tomatoes so I'm excited about that. Sliced in half and drizzled with olive oil and sea salt. I like to dry them a bit in the CSO-- a couple hours or so at 250F--sometimes at 225F if I'm not in a big hurry. Done and I keep them in the fridge covered in olive oil. Delicious in the middle of winter on a salad or pizza.

I'm having to restrain Ronnie from moving to Canada.

Kerry, you always make everything look so easy. Jelly, for me, is a monumental task.

Oh yeah, just roasting a chicken will sway you to keep it.

Don't send it back! I promise you will like the bread baking--among many other things about it. We would never steer you wrong

Yeah, my air fryer fan is stronger than the CSO fan for sure.

Ronnie has been out of town for a few days fishing in the ocean. I had to pick him up from the airport at about 6 last night so I made a lasagna earlier in the day so it would be easy to heat up when we finally got home. It's hard to make lasagna look pretty lol

This is a kind of wordy description .....later on in this same blog I show pictures. Basically, if I'm just peeling a few, I run the back of a knife down the tomato applying a bit of pressure. This loosens the skin and lets the peel come off quite easily

Thank you for joining the cool kids' club dedicated to eradicating tomato skins. 😁

Scallops with homemade pesto and garden tomatoes

My basil plant is just starting to bolt so I thought I better get a move on so I could get some pesto in the freezer. Ronnie doesn't have a big liking for pesto so I freeze it in very small amounts for my personal use --I sneak it in his food once in a while though. Don't tell on me.

@ElsieD I'm sorry that I didn't see this until now--I'm sure it's too late, but maybe for future reference. I have not dehydrated strawberries myself, but the book that came with my Excalibur dehydrator says that strawberries are very good for dehydrating. They instruct as follows: 1. Wash, cut off caps, and slice 1/4"-3/8" thick 2. Dry at 135F/57C until leathery and crisp.

Been busy in the garden as usual. Finally getting some tomatoes that are good. May need to can soon--or make some sauce. Anyway, picked most of the onions and cleaned them up. Still have a few more to go in the garden.

Awwwww! That is so sweet!

Smart Kirby. Broccoli is known for it's bad behavior.

Oh that's bad looking.

Thank goodness for giant smoked chickens lurking in the fridge

Did up a batch of Deep Run Roots Assorted Squash Salad. Good stuff. Used the Melty Cheese Calculator to make the best mac and cheese ever Was going to fry catfish to go with all of this, but life got in the way and we ended up eating some leftover smoked chicken.

Where have you been all my life Melty Cheese Calculator???!!!! I'm afraid my first try will be boring to all of you, but for me it was like magic. I bought some of this And used just regular sharp cheddar (grocery store brand) Holy crap. Amazing. I will now be eating cheese sauce on everything. Pancakes.....bananas.....I don't care, I'm putting cheese sauce on it.

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Maybe you'd like Spam more if you diced it? Get more crispy bits that way.