Mom & I got an invite this morning for a birthday cookout for a great-niece at one of the family farms. The day before is the first day of Fall (yay!) so I hope the humidity will be gone. The backyard has beautiful big shade trees - wonderful place to share a meal & talk.
What to bring? I have been cutting the flowers off my sweet basil so I should still have some by then for a favorite recipe: Ina Garten’s Fresh Corn Salad. It is super easy & can be served room temperature or cold, perfect as a ‘take along’ dish.
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/fresh-corn-salad-recipe-1914351
If you don’t have fresh corn, frozen corn (cooked & cooled) works just fine.
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Big line of T-storms dumped .6 inches of rain this afternoon. No outdoor canning, but the chopping is done: 8 lbs of green tomatoes, 4 lbs of onions, 3 lbs of red bell peppers & 24 garlic cloves. I will chop the 2 lbs of apples while the pot of everything else heats up - don’t want them turning.
I picked every green tomato in the garden & if I use green cherry tomatoes, I can get up to the 2.5 lbs I need for the chutney recipe.
You’re on a roll!
I got two apple pies made and baked and into the freezer. I tried juicing some apples in my steamer/juicer but the apples I used (Haralson & Liberty) are too soft an apple, so they all went to mush.
The mule is happy that my experiment failed! :)
Rain for us tomorrow.
Ina Garten’s recipes are always winners!