I'm back! (Mostly)

OK. We had a whole bunch of stuff to do at the beach house this winter/spring,  and no chaps to help us, so we had to go down there a fair amount of February and March.  That took up some time,  and then we had to get ready for my knee surgery, which took more time in April and May. We wound up doing pretty well at the beach and at home.  Anyway,  I'm now 7 weeks out from knee surgery, and normalcy, (or what we know of it!) is slowly returning.  I'm off the pain killers now, but still won't be going back to work for a while due to flexation issues. I've started puttering around in the kitchen, and going through cook books and magazines, while kinda sorta planning for some future events.  


I'm starting back with what's happening here and now, and hopefully  I'll backtrack to earlier this year in the next few weeks.  Maybe I'll be caught up by August!

This week is Corn, Peas, and Squash. Two different friends brought us two different kinds of corn: Bi-Color and Golden Jubilee!  The Bi-Color has the flavor Silver Queen, which as most of you know is outstanding.  We'd never heard of Golden Jubilee, which is a beautiful light yellow ear! My friend says it apparently does not freeze well, which is fine with us, since it eats very well as corn on the cob!  We have plans for it to be a co-star in a Frogmore stew tomorrow! 

Last year I planted a few Patty Pan Squash for the first time. The vine borers and cut worms pretty much left them alone, unlike what they do to my yellow squash and zucchini. This year I planted three varieties: Sunburst, Peter Pan, and Ron De Nice.  These all have flesh that is somewhat dryer than "normal" squash.  We are sauteing them in various ways  with various seasonings, with wonderful results. 

Another new variety on the table this week was Mississippi Silvertip Field Pea!  A friend of Mama Glenda's gave her about half a bushel.  With the inclusion of a ham hock to the pot, and they turned out to be wonderful!  Very creamy and tender, and  were pretty easy to shell, although I can only take credit for about maybe 10% of that. Mama Glenda did most of it.