Thanks for posting this here Rob! I never think of the Conversations side of the CF. Jude, my heart is breaking for your loss. Thanks for letting me know of Bob's passing. Deepest, deepest condolences and good wishes to you, dear friend. I'm glad your daughter is staying with you for a while. (((((Jude))))))

Jasdip, that's a lovely loaf of bread. Neely, chili scones? That would be right up Elery's alley, thanks for the idea! Boy, do I need to catch up.... Elery is a good southern boy and loves his beans. One day while I was at the shop doing Dave's books, Elery made beans and cornbread. For some reason he thought it would be a good idea to add gnocchi to the beans. It was fine, but seemed like a lot of starch to me: He insists that cornbread should be made with white cornmeal and so I bought some just for him. He made cornbread, but it came out a little "flat". It still tasted good, and we had it with the beans and some sliced fresh tomatoes from the garden: We're at the end of the garden, but I managed to find a couple of ears of corn that the raccoons haven't pilfered yet, and we had them along with some fried potatoes, also from the garden and turkey breast with a side of home canned cranberry sauce. The next day we had leftover turkey. I wanted to make pot pie but Elery wanted Kentucky Hot Browns, so I made him that, as well as some zucchini, fresh tomatoes and leeks, all roasted together in the oven on a sheet pan. The Hot Brown is a slice of toasted bread, layered with sliced turkey then covered with a cheese sauce and topped with slices of tomato and broiled, then topped with bacon. Yeah, kind of a hot turkey sandwich crossed with a BLT and covered in cheese instead of gravy. LOL I passed, I'm not much of a cheese fan, and just had a turkey sandwich and some of the vegetables. Still trying to use produce, I made an eggplant shakshuka over some polenta made with that white cornmeal, topped with a soft egg served with golden beets on the side. I am so going to miss the garden! Last night Mother was here, so I roasted an eye of round very rare and made Sol's Tomato Tart, as well as broccoli and cheese and banana bread. Tonight's supper was pork chops with tomato dumplings and the rest of the roasted zucchini mixture. It's 90F here today, unseasonably warm, so I spent time in the air conditioning cooking, instead of going outside. So you see, I've been cooking and eating and taking pictures, but I've been very remiss about posting them! Annie

Haven't been here in, well, forever! Sick, still sick. Strep throat that turned into a cold, and I sound like a kid with croup. Fever, et al. Been sick for 2 weeks and I'm just so over it. DH has a sore throat but to hear him, he's dying. Sleevendog, let's make a pact: Next time your DH goes kimchi coo-coo, and mine gets a little sore throat, let's pack them in boxes and put them in storage. Split the cost? ; ) Jasdip, your tuna casserole looks a zillion times better than mine. Love tuna casserole, and yes, Annie, my mom made the same as yours! I also love the addition of peas. And Penne : ) Your pork chop and slaw sammie looks and sounds good. I know I'd like it! Beautiful snow Annie! Thanks for the share : ) We got some too but I neglected to take photos. I'd still like to make pane bianco someday. Yours is always so pretty. Basil is dead now, and no sundried tomatoes to be found here. I love collard greens, and your butternut squash is such a brilliant yellow... ah, to have such produce from your own garden... : ) Sleevendog, I laughed at the full pot of chili, but that is never a bad thing! Chili eaters here, big time. Still wanting to start micro greens, but still working on the house and no room yet. You've been cooking up a storm! And whenever I look at your dishes, I always feel like I don't eat healthy enough : ) Your chicken is mouthwateringly gorgeous. Neely, that pizza tops my list. What I wouldn't give for a bite. Or several. I like the mustard sauce on your salmon (a little pink inside is perfect). And a shout-out to compumom! Cooking sporadically because of illness (and I need to get to the grocery store, fever or not). But have been cooking... Ah, the ever-present so utterly easy roasted chicken (with the other stuff) Got hungry for a chuck roast after seeing so many of Jasdip's wonderful looking roasts. No rare here, but cooked forever, until falling apart. Of course I had to make yorkshire pudding. Pad Thai Chicken. While re-freshing my herbs and spices, I bought several blends from Penzey's and the Spice House. Been having fun with them. Their taco blend was perfect for my 'quesadilla's'. Shredded pork, red bell pepper, onion, hoisin, and seasonings... topped with cheese, folded into a packet, and fried in the cast iron. Goodies on top. Re-visited Halloween chili with this boule. This is the mystery plant from my garden - half the leaves would have cooked down and been plenty for us. Brought it in, washed it, then lost my nerve. Didn't cook the mystery plant. LOL! More fun with spices - used 3 different blends plus some others that should never have gone together, but the 'fried potatoes' were quite good. DH's favorite. Made a 'mock' pizza to go with them. A hearty cold-night meal. Nothing to write home about though. No more allowed...

All the good looking and great sounding cooking going on. I must comment that the salad 2many mentioned with the sour cream and vinegar and sugar dressing brought back memories for me also. It reminded me of a layered salad my old Grandmother used to make and which I must try to recreate and take to my brothers house one day for a good old reminiscent meal. Currently our restrictions have been lifted a little so that 2 people are allowed to visit family. We visited our son his wife and of course my little grandson who is now 9 months old. I hadn’t seen him for nearly 3 months but the visual phone calls we have done during this period managed to keep his memory of us going so our reunion went very well. So good to be able to cuddle him again. They have been in as strict lock down as us... son working from home and supplies delivered... so we all had no fears and had a great get together. I took the seafood lasagna and DIL made the grain salad and Pico de Gallo. Brownies for dessert with raspberries.Little one ate raspberries for the first time and loved them. He actually eats a little of everything we do.