Good Sunday evening! I hope you are looking forward to a wonderful Memorial Day - but during your celebration - I pray you stop long enough to remember those that served and those that served and died. They died so that we all have freedom -- most of us have the freedom to be good citizens, Christians, and live a good decent life. Those that choose to be thieves, drug addicts, flag burners, over all creeps - they have that same freedom we do! How they dishonor that sacrifice that our soldiers made. I am watching an awesome concert honoring veterans on channel 65 of Direct TV.
Attending funerals is getting to be a weekly event - one I am ready for it to end! This past week I attended a funeral of one of our Pilot ladies. She was the most giving, most caring, and one of our hardest workers. She was also outspoken --you knew where you stood with her every moment! She was so giving that when we would play Piloto (an invented name for a habit we had of having a door prize and each paying a $1.00 and then a number would be drawn to choose a winner) she won often -- but never took one gift home -- she always handed it off to someone else! SAnytime we had an event - she was there working. She was known as the Pound Cake Lady -- she kept fresh pound cakes in her freezer and for every meal we had - she offered her pound cakes - and they were delicious. She actually died at her cabinet with her recipe nearby and the ingredients setting out. She never wanted any attention - and she died that way -- the way she would have chosen! I told her son-in-law it was a beautiful service - and he first said the preacher did a great job - then he said "Well, she actually wrote her own service." He meant that her life was a testament to her faith and with that combined with her Bible and her devotional books - it was written. What a great thing to have said about you! I just hope that in some way I could influnce others, show kindnesses, and love others so that could be said about me when my life is over.
Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., Pine Cove is dedicating the buildings that Travis has been building on for 8 months. The first one is finished and will be open for touring. The other two are nearing completion! Thank the Good Lord!!!
I wish you could see my cabinet -- it is covered with produce from our little garden and I mean little - only about a 6 x 12 space -and a wildly producing bell pepper plant and a jalapeno plant in pots. I counted 30 jalapenos and I picked 17 last night. The bell pepper had twenty on it!! Wild is putting it mildly!
I was at Farmer's market yesterday to buy onions, tomatoes, and peaches. When I was looking at the peaches, I noticed a recipe laying there. It said "Jake's Grandmother'sYum Yum Peach Cobbler." I asked him if that was his grandmother and he said "Yes Mam, would you like a copy?" Of course, I agreed - so here is Jake's Grandmother's Yum Yum Peace Cobbler!
NO STIR FRUIT COBBLER
2 Cups fresh peaches, sliced (you can substitute blackberries)
2 Cups sugar
1 Stick butter
1/4th tsp. salt
1 tsp. backing powder
3/4 Cup plain flour
3/4 Cup milk
Mix peaches with 1 cup sugar and set aside. Melt butter in 2 quart casserole dish. Mix dry ingredients. Beat in milk until lumps are gone. Pour batter into melted butter. Do not stir. Spoon peaches over batter. Do not stir. Bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees!
I haven't tried it -- but certainly intend to!
Before I went to the Farmer's Market we (Michelle, my sister and Maura) drove over to Brownsboro to Echo Springs Blueberry Farm and bought blueberries and blackberries. They are really good - even though the blueberries needed another week to grow! I am looking forward to making several things with the blueberries. I love them with peaches. Take a bite of peach and pop a few blueberries in your mouth and the taste is so fantastic! Travis makes he and Michelle a protein drink every morning and he uses fruit -- so I know they will go fast -- and Michelle keeps telling me that I can make blueberry pancakes. It is sometimes hard to cook some of this stuff and then not eat it -- but I feel like when I just look at food - I gain weight! So - I go without a lot of the good stuff!
I bought some ribs today to cook tomorrow - but I just read a recipe in last Wednesday's paper and it said a serving (now I don't know how many ribs is a serving) is 1291 calories! Oh my gosh -- I don't even want to cook them now! I've got to figure out how to skinny them down.
I got our flag out to hang yesterday and it had a big rip in it. Travis said there is a woman in Palestine that takes them, cuts the stars out and gives to veterans and then properly disposes of the rest of it. I bought a new one today and Michelle and I hung it this afternoon! I hope you are flying your too!
Here is a recipe I certainly intended to cook tomorrow -- but could not find any fresh corn! What is the deal? I didn't see one ear in Brookshires!
GRILLED CORN ON THE COB WITH ROASTED GARLIC AND HERBS
2 Heads garlic
4 Teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
1 Tablespoon unsalted butter
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1/4 cup chopped tarragon
Salt and freshly ground black pepper (Penzey's for sure)
6 large ears of corn in the husks
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut off the top third of the garlic heads. Stand them cut side up on foil and drizzle with 1 teaspoon of oil. Wrap the garlic in the foil and bake for about 1 hour, until very soft. Squeeze the garlic in a bowl. Stir in lemon zest, butter, cilantro, tarragon and the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil. Season with salt and pepper.
Light a grill. Peel back the corn husks, keeping them attached. Discard the silks. Spread the herbed garlic all over the corn. Fold the husks back over the corn and tie the tops with string. Wrap the corn in foil.
Grill the corn over moderate heat, turning, until the kernals feel tender, 15 minutes. Remove the foil. Grill the ears over moderately high heat, turning until the husks are nicely charred, 5 minutes. Then Serve!!
Please go get your Bible and read Philippians 2:3,4 -- and then go out and obey! You will be the recipient -- God will bless you!!
Good night!!!
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