fresh butter beans

I live in the south.....the deep south.

Here we never buy butter beans in the frozen section of the supermarket.

Okra grows best in damp soil and is prolific in the late summer....the slimier the better.

A pecan is a pe "can" as in a "can of coke."

We grind our corn and make grits or we eat it fresh from the cob with lots of salt and butter and it has to be the "silver queen" variety.

The most amazing peaches come from South Carolina in August and are best enjoyed by just biting into their savory, dripping goodness.

Sweet Tea with lemon is the drink of choice.

Fresh tomatoes are red and ripe and taste like fruit.

Watermelons are devoured in large chunks right after they are cut open. They are never made into tiny balls and placed back into the rinds to be eaten with toothpicks.

And scuppernongs send me right into orbit with the first delightful burst out of their brownish shells......they are my obsession. I could eat them until I drop over in exhaustion.

Summer in the south is food....delicious, just plucked or picked, waiting to be enjoyed at a table full of friends and family.

Allow me to share a love song with you********************

Muskrat, muskrat, candlelight
Doin' the town and doin' it right
In the evenin'
Pretty pleasin'

Muskrat Susie, muskrat Sam
Do the jitterbug out in muskrat land
And they shimmy
And Sammy's so skinny

And they whirled and they twirled and they tangoed
Singin' and jingin' the jango
Floatin' like the heavens above
It looks like muskrat love

There is more but this will do for now.

written by Willis Alan Ramsey in 1971

My friend Sandy was discharged for home today.....fairly amazing I would say.

Harry is doing very well on his new medicine and has had no more seizures. He happily swam in the pool with us yesterday.

God has richly blessed everyone that I have been praying for with great news and swift recoveries. Thank you for all of your prayers.........could I ask you to keep praying?

And by the way....if you are ever in Savannah, come sit around our table with us.

with much love and thanksgiving....cathy