Shelby

I love summer for many reasons but close to the top of the list is just having little tidbits like this from the garden to munch on before dinner ribs last night

Ok, I feel better. You'll be back in the mix soon

Oh I would happily eat those...they look good to me! Glad you're home!

I am worried, too. It seems like he's been in there a long time!

Sigh. Well, she will get to come home to a great meal at least. People must be partying a bit too hard up there today lol.

Squash casserole and fried fish last night

Happy Canada Day!!!!

Lovely meal! Why no oil?

*settling in* It's not too far away from cocktail hour. What will it be today? I remember you left some interesting things up there so you could dive right into a drink without having to unpack too much right?

Now that's just downright mean to those of us without

I know, I know. My pork chop looks anemic. I SV'd it and I didn't feel like searing it. It was very tender so I don't care what it looked like lol.

Our sandhill plum bushes are LOADED this year. I have never seen them like this before. I still have jelly from like 2 years ago but dang, I hate to not use these for something......

Oh Elaina, I know how hard it is some years. Have you tried to dust with Sevin for the flea beetles?

Holy crap, how cool!!! Nose molds!!!! LOVE the couches that you sit on. Was it comfortable to eat on them? Everything looks so good. Were those mulberries in the spoon next to the cheese? Love the pea presentation and also love the wooden spreader for the butter on the bread.

Spaghetti night

I went back and found my pictures, too . I remember that I didn't measure precisely but it turned out soooo gooooooood. Before baking After You can't tell from the picture, but this was a HUGE pot.

I used it for pizza sauce the other day. Excellent.

Venison taco salads

Ronnie went down to the river and caught us a nice catfish yesterday. So we had that, fries and a garden salad.

Yeah, I think the pressure canner and I have made a little progress on our relationship lol. I've canned tomatoes in a water bath for like 20 years now. I think early on I canned spaghetti sauce but I decided that I'd rather just can the tomatoes and then make the sauce later out of those. OR, I make the sauce and freeze it. No problem with canning it, though. Now, if you put a lot of stuff in it like mushrooms etc. I'd pressure can it, but if it's mostly tomatoes you'd be fine in a water bath IMO.

Yeah, @HungryChris I love fried clams. I can't remember the last time I had any and they certainly didn't look like yours. Envious.

Everyone's stuff looks so good!!! I'm not counting my chicks before they hatch, but the garden here looks so much better than last year. I really really hope the tomatoes keep on keepin' on. You can't tell the scale by this picture, but some of the 'maters are almost baseball sized already. I can't wait for red ones! Just a quick snap of half of the tomatoes.

Attack of the cucumbers! How many did you plant? I think I have 5-6 that survived the various storms. I've only picked one so far, though. I hope more come on or else Ronnie is going to be without pickles and I don't know if he can handle that lol. Did more green beans yesterday. It went a lot smoother which must mean I felt more comfortable with my pressure canner already. I really enjoy not having to lift the jars out of the boiling water bath.....so much so that I might use the pressure canner for tomatoes (if I get some).

How did I miss this until this morning?????? What a WONDERFUL treat to read as I sip on an iced coffee. I had so much fun perusing each menu and then carefully deciding what I would have ordered. It was like I was having a mini vacation in my kitchen I would be in Eataly for eons and eons. I would have to probably be dragged out, kicking and screaming with my arms full of cheeses, meats and assorted kitchen wares. I would have had to order the burrata (I've never had it, only seen it online and it looks so good), the frito misto de pesce and the ragu arancini. But, then I scrolled down and saw your meat platter and I might have had to order that, too. Ohhhh that farmer's market looks so fun. Those jars of pickled mushrooms really caught my eye. I am pea green with envy over your visit to the art institute. Art museums .....well, lets just say I wanted to be a painter or some sort of artist when I was a kid. Then I realized that what they say is true...you don't make much money doing that until you're dead lol. So, I nixed that dream. I LOVE the Manet painting. I haven't been to a museum in years and years and years. Girl and the Goat looks fun. My order: Soft shell crab and the pig heart (unless someone would eat the pig face with me and then that would have been my pick) LOVE the lights at The Publican. Razor clam ceviche and the pork rinds for me there. And definitely, to drink, the house made Lambic Doux. Also love the ceiling in Dusek's . Choucroute for me along with the Nasketucket Bay oysters and that ramp pasta dish (yeah, no way could I eat all of that but a girl can dream). Wow. I really wrote a book here--sorry. I just had so much fun Thank you so much for taking time to do this! I am hungry now but I know that when I open my fridge, nothing will look near as good as what I just saw from your trip. Sigh.

@rarerollingobject I'm very sorry for your loss. @Kim Shook Your meal looks wonderful. I'm going to have to try Norm's wings. @Captain Now that's a steak! Hot wings for us last night