Good Eats...

Last night we had our first corn from the local farm market and it was better than expected for the first that was picked! They picked over 90 dozen from the field across the road on that very morning yesterday. Cars were lined up and the place was busy.

  

I made coleslaw with 1/2 cabbage and used my home-made chive blossom vinegar. It is TASTY!! No, we don't like carrots in our slaw.

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Now to cut up another melon for lunch. 

Kitchen Operations

It was definitely time to clean out my GranPappy deep frier. The only foods I use in it are potatoes and precooked Perdue chicken tenders. People are not correct - in my mind - that deep fried foods aren't good for you. You would be surprised, I think, at how little oil is used. The fill line on the inside of the container hardly goes down before it it time to change oil after many uses. The debris settles and then it it time to change it. I use canola oil. I don't bother to strain it and reuse, although it is an option. I never do fish in there either! I have had this frier for many many years and my only complaint is that it has a short cord.

In 1955 a group of girlfriends had a bridal shower for me and one of the gifts was a potato cutter. I still have and use this old tool. Peel a medium size potato - or don't peel it - place it in the cutter and press on the handle. Eureka! Raw french fries read for cooking. This has been used for over 62 years! Every year! It beats using the frozen ones from the store. 

Today's is made out of stainless steel! I don't need it. 

I made a large bowlful of coleslaw today and it is aging. We'll dig into it tomorrow. No recipe, but I'll tell you we like our slaw cut very fine and with a sweet/sour dressing. I use mayonnaise, half and half, apple cider vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper and celery seed. I didn't have fresh carrots on hand this time. Just some of this and that and it always is great.

I managed to keep fairly busy today and hope to be productive tomorrow.

In the Kitchen...

Morning cookies! Peanut butter and chocolate chip variety.

Now I better get my fanny in gear and make some coleslaw from scratch because my daughter brought me a large section of her huge cabbage head yesterday. I never can use the stuff sold in the stores because it is always too coarse for our taste and never has the flavor we like. I don't even have a recipe for mine and use exactly and only the ingredients my mother used - 1/2 head of finely chopped cabbage, one finely chopped carrot, real mayonnaise, a little half and half milk, apple cider vinegar, celery seed, salt and pepper and a touch of white sugar. It has to sit for at least a day to age a bit. Once in a great while, if I have a real lemon on hand I will use its juice instead of the vinegar. 

LATER...

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Yes, I got it in gear.