ramblings from an arkansas farm girl
Oh my gosh, this Mexican Corn recipe is my new favorite! And yay, sweet corn is in season here in Arkansas. If you don’t grow corn or know a farmer who does, grab a few ears at your local farmer’s market and get busy making this simple recipe. I guarantee, your family will love it.
Unless your people don’t like corn. ? In that case, I can’t help you…
Let’s get straight to it, shall we?
I love our kitchen. The longer we live in this house, the more deeply I believe it is one of my favorite places anywhere. I love it not only for its expansive windows that look out over our backyard (the space where we spend most of our free time), but also because it’s the room that holds so much tradition. If a house has a soul, its core is rooted in the kitchen.
Don’t you agree?
I thought about this recently as we prepared our Easter meal. We kept it simple this year, deciding on ribs with all the trimmings. Yes, it may have been more typical of a 4th of July picnic, but no one seemed to mind. Our kitchen comes with no rules, other than that one rule standard for all southern kitchens—we don’t want anyone to leave hungry.Continue Reading
Y’all, I harvested my first batch of morel mushrooms last week, and I have to say, the whole process was so much fun! I noticed a few mushrooms growing on our property. Once I began searching, I gathered a big bowl full of these prized beauties. Probably two pounds!
According to reports from those in the know, this spring’s morel season is a stellar one. Conditions have been perfect for these gifts from the forest.
John was sure I was trying to poison him. You see, we missed the fungi class during our Master Naturalist training so he was skeptical. But real morels are easily distinguishable from false morels. Real morels are hollow inside from stem to cap.Continue Reading
