Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Yee Haw!

Hey grandpa! What’s for supper?

Fresh Silver Queen corn cut from the cob and cooked in its own milk, fresh cracked pepper and lots of real butter. So tasty the juice will run down your chin. Homegrown green beans straight from Pa’s garden. Cooked slowly for three hours with salt, pepper and a little dab of bacon drippings. So tender they’ll melt in your mouth.* Roasted garden vegetables: sweet onion, farmer’s market eggplant, red pepper, zucchini and squash. Drizzled with olive oil, sprinkled with kosher salt and fresh ground pepper and grilled until juicy and singed on the edges. Tastes so good it’ll make you smack your granny. And three varieties of homegrown thick sliced tomatoes; juicy, sweet and full of goodness. You’ll need a spoon to catch all the juice and a rag to wipe it off your chin. Add a side pan of sweet cornbread slathered in butter, some fresh green onions and cold sweet tea and extra chairs at the table ‘cause the neighbors will all come runnin’. Yum, yum.

Have I mentioned I love summer? Of course, I have.

*My theory is why dirty up another bowl when you can serve it out of the pan.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dee from Tennessee

Oh, the corn...and the cornbread slathered in butter.

dkuroiwa said...

Fry up some okra and color my butt right there with ya eating and enjoying!!!
Now you got me to thinking about things I really miss...fried squash (with cheese and onions), cucumbers in cream/vinegar, canteloupe (with pepper...like my grandpa used to eat it!!)....
you'll have to excuse me while I go and cry homesick tears!!!
**sniff sniff**

karisma said...

And my theory is stuff the neighbours, save some for me! Hang on while I jump on a plane!

Mia said...

So much yummy!! It won't take me long to get there......

Amy said...

I'll be right over.:)