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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.

I do mine at 350F on steam bake--15 mins. I brown mine in a skillet first.

One for me is Pork with Red Curry Braised Watermelon from Deep Run Roots . The watermelon turns into something so different after the braise. You'd liken it to tomatoes.....amazing stuff. I can't wait for a melon to grow so I can make this again.

No corn worms, but I did find huitlacoche 😁

I needed another smoked chicken so Ronnie did one yesterday Zucchini and rice casserole

I have to keep Ronnie from finding out about that free stuff up there. Otherwise we'll be driving to Manitoulin once a week for groceries.

Us too!

I didn't say anything about this when I did it because I wanted to see if it worked first. We've always had those awful corn ear worms get into our sweet corn. Most all of the ends were usually gnawed up and then you'd find one of those ugly worms and have to pick it off and squish it. Ugh. Anyway, I tried something new this year and it seems to have worked! Basically the instructions tell you to put 5 drops of corn oil mixed with a BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) on to the silks of the corn just when they start to turn a bit brown. The oil acts as a barrier to the eggs that the moths lay that turn into the worms. Adding the BT makes sure to kill the worms as they begin to eat the silks. I did switch up the instructions a bit. The 5 drop method seemed to fiddly so I took a clean spray bottle and filled it with the corn oil (holds about 19 oz.) along with about a 1/4 tsp. of the BT. Shake it well. Do one squirt per ear on the silks that have started to brown. We've picked 4 ears so far and not a hint of worms. We will see if that trend continues and I'll update here.

Shrimp alfredo with some crispy butter fried mustard greens on top. Found one lone KC strip and one lone venison loin in the freezer so Ronnie grilled those last night broccoli salad

That sounds really good. I'm going to have one when I'm done in the garden.

Agreed. It'll be just fine