Shelby

Glad to see you, too. (((hugs)))

This will be happening. Thank you so much! I gave mom free reign to take as many tomatoes as she wanted back home and it still didn't make a dent lol. And she took a TON. I've been needing to can for two days now, but life has gotten in the way. The temperatures are very much still like summer--highs in the 90's and it doesn't look to end any time soon. The plants are still loaded and covered with flowers. Might be a fun Christmas gift to give, too.

I'm so dying to try mine! It's still in the box Life has been extra crazy and I haven't made time. I have a jar of peaches that I canned with a lot of juice --would that be an easy place to start?

Kerry is the coolest!

I KNEW it 😄

I love love love this place. Wonder if they'd let me move in? Thanks for showing us! I don't think my car would hold all of the stuff I'd wanna buy from there.

I bought some of that and put it out when our hunter was here. I thought it was just ok. Edible and everything, but I wanted more hatch Chile flavor.

Great looking meals, everyone. I've been so busy I don't know which end is up. Our hunter friend left and then about a week after that my mom got to come visit from Colorado! A few meals before mom got here: Spaghetti red Big fat sandwiches Venison burgers on the grill with fries and pasta salad Then mom got here on Saturday! That day I made a huge pot of spaghetti sauce so we had that with spicy Italian sausages and cut up veggies. Forgot to take a picture. Next night was Gyro night. We didn't end up eating them when our hunter friend was here--just as well because mom loved them Baby carrots from mom's garden, hummus made from RG garbanzos, tzatziki using our garden cucumbers, more cukes, onions, lettuce The beautiful yellow and greenish tomatoes are ones that mom grew! I marvel that she can do that where she lives at 8600 ft. They tasted SO good. Venison\lamb Gyros with fries and our garden shishitos Mexican the next night. Mom brought some really good Colorado corn. She made a Mexican street corn salad. Salsa Venison taco salads with Mexican rice etc. Next night was one we've been looking forward to. We both LOVE sushi. Our husbands do not. So, since we never get it, I ordered some from Goldbelly--Blue Ribbon sushi like the kind I got before--spicy tuna, scallop and hamachi. Along with an order of the crispy rice\spicy tuna appetizer and some caviar For Ronnie I ordered from Momofuku --their pork buns. We had such a good time assembling and eating Last night was BLT's--easy....I was SO tired lol. Mac and cheese and the rest of the street corn salad to go with. Mom should be almost home--I feel bad because it's such a long drive and I know she's as tired as I am, but it was sooooo good to see her. It had been over two years.

Thanks! I'm going to remember this. If they work up there like that for you, then they should down here for me.

Wow, so these were just harvested? Ours don't do well in the heat of the summer. Are they russets?

I keep checking back on the obituary thinking they might update it. He was involved in so many things, I, too, wanted to learn more.

Moms are the best My grammy made fried chicken for us a lot, too. I never remember ANY mess at all....she made it look effortless. When I do it it's like a bomb went off. It's a little better when I sous vide it first because it doesn't take as long to cook, though. Thank you!!! I took a very long nap this afternoon which was heavenly. I'm now canning. And you're right. Dec. 1 will be here before I know it.

This is so nice of you But, I don't have energy. I have wine lol.

I wish you could too--except there wouldn't be any buying them. I'd be begging you to take them! No I haven't made that. I see two ingredients that I don't have. I'll google to see if I have something similar or I can order. This looks like something interesting that would be fun to have a few jars of. Thank you!

Probably! I go through them every day and weed out the ones that need to be processed the most....

Another September hunt has come to a close. Ronnie just left to take our friend to the airport--and to drop off some tomatoes at another friends house. I gave two grocery sacks full of tomatoes to our farmer last night....and this what's still here Soooo, yeah, not running out any time soon lol. I also picked a ton of shishitos this morning. Back to yesterday: the guys worked out in the heat until about 2, so instead of appetizers I made a little lunch. Turkey roll-ups and deviled eggs. Then I got busy canning. Got 7 quarts done. I'm running out of shelf space lol. Dinner last night was cheeseburger pizza and a salad. I made the dough yesterday while the mixer was unearthed from the tomatoes for bread making. Our friend decided he wanted a Bloody Mary this morning before leaving--helps soothe the awfulness of flying 🤣. Ronnie made a quick mix from some of the spicy tomato juice I made earlier. Celery is from the garden--I bought seeds just for fun. Celery takes a LONG time to grow. Ronnie started it in the greenhouse and it's just now ready. So, cheers to another installment--thanks for being with me, and I'll see you back here for deer season that begins Dec. 1 I'm off to unpack my Ninja Creami 😄

I fry everything inside...and I make a mess, but I try to keep it at a minimum. I use a splatter screen. That helps a bit

They are all Mourning Doves that they get. I have two pairs of the collared and one pair of rock that hang around here at the house. They eat the mixed bird seed that I put out on the porch. I've never eaten any of that kind....my mind thinks they would be tough, but what do I know lol. I looked up your Inca doves. They are beautiful!

I TAKE IT BACK I TAKE IT BACK!!! You're right! I couldn't find a picture with the pod things...but upon seeing the pictures they just sent I think you're spot on!!! Thank you!!! We have a guy that's keeping his cattle in our pasture right now. This little one is hanging out with the guys.

It looks kind of similar, but I don't think that's it. I hope they remember to take a better picture today. I spent way too long googling yesterday and it's driving me crazy. I wanna know what it is. It's Saturday! I got up when the guys got up. What was I thinking lol. Yesterday was the last day that they were going to hunt. Today is for chores. For there not being a lot of doves around, they sure managed to get some. Appetizers the same as the day before .... Finally got the bread baked. Stewed okra (our friend loves okra), shishitos, fries and BLT's I'm off to the garden

Very much agree

I love this.

Eggplant parm is a pain to make for sure. Ronnie doesn't even really care for it so I only make it if I have one from the garden and someone is visiting that likes it lol...which is a combo that rarely happens. I've sent a text to ask for a more close up picture of the plant. The pods are part of the plant and the pods are totally green (I had found something with purplish pods that I thought looked similar but it's not). I don't think I could skin the peppers but that's a GREAT idea using ElainaA's recipe for the cherry tomatoes. I think it would work perfectly. Thank you!

I just want to take a moment to say how much I'm going to miss David Ross. He always took the time to help and give very detailed answers on any questions I had. He always encouraged me on this topic and others. I loved all of the topics he created for the cook off series. David, EG won't be the same without you.

WHAT????? NO! He's too kind and has too much knowledge to not be here anymore!!! ***crying hard***. What will we do without him??? I always loved his stories about his childhood.