Menu Planning

It's a bad stink bug year, worst I've ever suffered through actually. The only effective management turns out to be a shop vac; it's a really good thing we don't have neighbors here at SHG. Anyway, as a result, today we're having Fried Green Tomato and Bacon(!) Sandwiches, grilled eggplant, and the Last of the Lettuce Salad. The tomatoes demonstrate an ever present stink bug; they're worse than Broccolli Stuffed Donkeys.

I picked a bucket of blackberries for cobbler tomorrow, hopefully there'll be some rhubarb to go with it. My thumb is an attempt to demonstrate the size of the berries. We're fixin' to try a new ice cream recipe from Backyard Poultry, go figure. It involves yard eggs, honey, orange juice, and pecans from SHG, and milk, cream and buttermilk from the neighbors dairy; pretty cool, nothing from Wally World.

For the main event tomorrow we'll be having the ever popular Mexican West Virginia Hot Dogs. Those are essentially a hot dog stuffed with jalapeños and cheese, wrapped in Bacon(!), and served on a buttered and grilled bun. With chili and jalapeño cole slaw. And beer. Lots of beer.

The Red Screw Top is simply adorable, and is in no way involved in meal planning. Well, she's always planning a meal, but you know what I mean.

Happy Memorial Day y'all!