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I'm impressed you can grow pineapple up there! 😄 Seriously, your produce is amazing.

Spiced candied pecans from Zingerman's. I could eat the whole bag in one sitting.

Hi guys! So many good looking meals above me. @rotutsthose tomatoes look really good and juicy. @Senior Sea Kayakergorgeous chicken legs. Our hunter guest exhausted me so I didn't take pictures for a while. Then I got my groove back lol. Roasted chicken, scalloped potatoes, squash Greek salad and Canadian bacon pizza Found a bit of corned beef in the freezer so I made sandwiches. Really good. I need to get more corned beef. Red Thai chicken curry thingy with potstickers Roasted quail Then my mom came to stay! Hadn't seen her for a year! Board to nibble on after her long drive I made a huge pot of spaghetti sauce and meatballs--forgot a picture. Caprese salad to go with Mom grew some beautiful tomatoes--she lives at 9,000 feet in the Colorado mountains so it's incredible that she can do that. So we combined tomatoes and had BLT's and fries the next night. I had some apples that needed to be used to I made apple pie filling except that I didn't thicken it. I whizzed it up with a bit of whole milk and a dollop or two of corn syrup. Froze overnight and then Ninja'd it. I think it's my favorite so far--apple pie ice cream for dessert Tuesday was my birthday so we started with berries and prosecco I splurged and ordered from Goldbelly for birthday dinner. Blue Ribbon Sushi offered a combo of sushi and fried chicken (weird but it certainly worked for us because Ronnie is not a sushi fan). SO FUN and GOOD. Don't look too hard at my terrible rolling skills lol. Also ordered a Boston Cream Pie for dessert--it's my favorite Next night we had ribs Deviled eggs More beautiful tomatoes Broccoli salad Okra Mac and cheese Ribs out of the brolier Next night I did some chicken enchiladas with beans and salsa Mom made her way home yesterday--glad she's home safe but sad she's gone I did some chicken fried venison for Ronnie last night.

I'm doing memories as they hit me. I think it was during a hunting blog?? I wanted fish sauce. I bought the wrong kind--I think @KennethTlet me know that what I bought wasn't what I wanted. It was probably @rotutsthat reminded me about Red Boat Fish Sauce that I had bought...and actually had two huge bottles of. Anna said "Yep. You'll buy at least five more and then you realize that you actually have it and don't need anymore" 🤣

I always chuckle when I think about me saying something about not wanting to use my oven because I'd have to unload all of the cast iron skillets etc. from inside. I thought I was the only one that kept stuff like that in there. Nope. Anna too. She made my day when she told me she does the same 😊.

Anna. We are going to miss you and your wicked sense of humor so so much. You leave an epic sized hole here at EG.

All of this looks amazing. I WANT. Especially the scallop. (I could NOT be more jealous. U2!!!! Please, can I be your niece....or nephew 😁

Live scallops $29 a piece 😳 I bet they are good, though. (what concert?)

I couldn't have answered better myself I probably get about 6 bites of meat from a dove breast?

Thanks for reading! Yes, all bone in. I make a slit on each side of the breast and stuff with a sliver of jalapeño and onion. Wrap in bacon. Marinate in Dale's sauce for a couple hours or so and then grill.

Our friend is off to the airport pretty soon. They went back out and worked this morning....not much exciting happened......hopefully deer season will be better. And much colder. They were NOT happy with this heat. Appetizers were easy. Our friends favorite onion dip and sausage rolls with the last of my homemade mustard Dinner was, of course, doves! On the grill: Finished Sides were scalloped potatoes Our garden jalapeños stuffed with cheese And our garden okra, tomatoes and onions, stewed That wraps up this visit.....see you at the end of November for deer season!

I could spend hours in that market.

Took a few pictures in the garden this morning. I was trying to show just how tall the okra is. They look very weird now. The leaves have mostly fallen off but they are still producing like crazy. Damn raccoons Lots of pumpkins still coming on I was talking to our farmer yesterday and told him how much I enjoyed watching the milo grow. He said that he hoped I had gotten out and cut some to decorate with before they harvested. Why didn't I think of that????? There are a few stalks here and there that didn't get cut so now they are on my porch Todays pick--along with Scout's nose and ball lol. I poked the milo around the pumpkins.

Happy Saturday!! The guys came home super tired and sweaty--they did a lot of work--but before that they hunted. Beautiful moon first thing in the morning Doves! They had company-the cows came to observe Scout is distressed at the moment. The guys went to go work at another property and aren't hunting today so she's stuck at home with me. There's a lot of pacing and whining going on lol. Here's @Ann_T's beautiful board. My mom got it for me Back to food : they texted me that they were on their way home around noon so I made a little lunch. Just roast beef sandwiches with onion, cheese, tomato and lettuce. I also set out some cold chicken wings left from the other night. Then I actually got to take a nap! It was just what I needed. Since they had lunch they didn't want any appetizers so I went to work on breakfast burritos for this morning. Dinner was ribs that Ronnie smoked a couple weeks ago and I froze them--45 minutes in the IP and then under the broiler with some BBQ sauce. Sides were Mac and cheese, tomatoes and @kayb's fried okra which is just like my grammy made it Tonight is dove night!

@suzilightningwas like us too! Pork roast really gets me not hungry--it does smell good while it's cooking but after 8-9 hours. No. Especially if it's hot outside.

Yeah......I think they were attempting antlers 🙄. Artists they are not 🤣

We may break heat records today. I'm so ready for cooler weather! Will it ever get here? The guys were able to get about 10 doves yesterday morning so we will have them for dinner tomorrow night--hopefully they will get more this morning. A few pictures from yesterday. They took the 4 wheelers out and planted the food plot with rye--we have a seeding attachment that can be pulled behind them. Scout was absolute heaven. She retrieved every bird. That's her swimming in the pond. They were going to go fishing today but over the summer some significant damage happened at the shooting house So they have to go back out to work on it. Garden pick yesterday: Sandwich bread done--now if they come home for lunch I have something to feed them lol. I did a charcuterie board using my favorite board from @Ann_T My pickled okra--I didn't do anything different but it is the best I've ever made. Maybe because of the okra itself?, habanero cheese, sharp cheddar, spiced pecans, herbed roasted cashews, salamis, blue cheese stuffed olives, crackers and an herby brie. Breakfasts for this morning: I made my spaghetti sauce mid-morning and kept it simmering all day. Sometimes I'm weird about smelling certain foods all day long cooking and I don't want to eat them for dinner but not spaghetti sauce! I did an Italian sausage meatball and just some regular ones. Salad and French bread to go with. Raspberry and blueberry galette for dessert

Good morning! I didn't get as much done yesterday as I had planned. Not unusual for me lol. Garden is still producing a bit--I don't think the okra is ever going to die. Some plants are over 12' tall now. One can get smacked in the face while pulling them over to pick if you're not careful. Got 2 loaves of bread done. Need to make sandwich bread today. I'm more forgetful than I was last time. I made breakfast sandwiches--just sausage patties, sunny side up eggs and cheese on English muffins. Then I stuffed some mushrooms with a mix of cream cheese and shredded cheddar seasoned with Tony's Cajun seasoning. Topped those with bread crumbs and baked. Along side that the usual cream cheese/roast beef/pickle roll ups. Totally forgot to take pictures. sigh. Dinner was tomatoes (of course lol) Bagged Asian salad that is surprisingly good Hot wings and fries Sour cherries sorbet for dessert It's hot already outside. You can almost tell from this sunrise picture they sent: I do love seeing our windmill

I'm so happy you liked it! I will be doing the same thing (making sauce) here in a bit

Stock up if she has them......very worth it IMO.

They've known that something is up.....mom never cleans this much unless a stranger is going to invade our domain. Too much of that vacuum machine monster.

Same here--company coming is my ONLY motivator. My cleaning angel has Lyme's Disease and hasn't been able to come since last December soooooooo.....it was super dusty. Hopefully I can be a grown up and remember that if I just do a quick dust using my Swiffer every day it doesn't have to turn into the Sahara Desert. I don't measure this, I just dump and eyeball. Peel tomatoes and roughly chop. Add what veggies you like--also chopped. My go-to is onion, carrots (if need to be used), bell pepper, zucchini and/or yellow squash. I like to roast and eggplant and peel and add if I have it. Garlic of course. Saute all the veggies besides the tomatoes in olive oil--sometimes I add a pat or two of butter--until a bit softened. Deglaze with a few glugs of red wine. Add tomatoes and spices--basil and oregano...salt and pepper. I like some Lawry's salt. A few pinches of red pepper flakes. Simmer on low for several hours until it thickens up. If you're in a hurry or it doesn't get as thick as you want it (look away chefs) I sometimes add a bit of store bought sauce.

It's me again 😊 Our friend arrives this morning. I don't know how the hunting is going to be, but I suspect not very good.....it's hot. Highs in the 90's every day. We're 5 out of 8 on the fire danger level for today. We really need some rain. The only season open is dove right now...duck closed for a bit and will reopen later. I think they may go to a lake and fish sometime. Anyway, you might just be stuck seeing food pictures and hearing me complain about being tired 🤣. I did my usual fall decorating--I wasn't really in the mood since it feels like July, but I took some pictures : The corn is from our field corn--Ronnie picked some for me and strung them together so I could hang them And look at those two massive pumpkins! They are on either side of the ladder. It's hard to tell in this picture but they are HUGE--to us anyway. We just planted regular pumpkin seeds. These two weigh at least 60 lbs each. For the first time at our place the farmers planted Milo which is a type of sorghum. Kind of fun to have something different. I enjoyed watching it grow. They just harvested it on Monday. Not sure if they are going to keep it for themselves to feed their cattle with or if they took it to the Co-op. When it's about ready to harvest it turns this lovely reddish color I've been scrubbing the house for days now, all the while thinking that @Anna Nwould be telling me that cleaning is way overrated--and she's right lol. I need to make two different kinds of bread today, spaghetti sauce (some tomatoes from the garden need to be used before they go bad), I have tomatillos to do something with....and so on. I picked up a package of roast beef at Sam's yesterday to make pickle roll ups with so, needing a quick easy dinner last night, I used some of that and made a sort of French dip sandwich with tater tots (made extra of those for breakfast burritos) and shishito peppers. I'm off to have morning meeting with the outside cats. Be back later

I know the smell you're talking about. Ground pork--and pork chops, now that I think about it, always smell "off" to me. I make Ronnie smell it and he always says it's fine. I also don't notice it with other meats.

Ok. So. Apparently we are going to have to restrict Ken from cooking.