Happy Birthday, Dad

Walter Roscoe "Boscoe" Eddy ... August 31, 1923-April 12, 1999 ... Gone but not forgotten. Dad would have been 88 years old today. He was a wise and moral man. This pic was taken when Dad & Mom were on a Hawaiian cruise, unsure of year, probably mid-80s. I've seen this pic many times, but when I took it out the photo album yesterday to scan it ... I found this inscription on the back ... in Dad's handwriting: "This is me, waiting for the bikini parade. Somewhere on the high seas."

Ray Bonneville "Mississippi"

Fresh Haricot Verts

Snapped, blanched & shocked...ready for a sautee' ala minute

Acapulco Salad

Basically a *taco salad* of sorts, made with shredded smoked beef

With homegrown tomatoes, fresh garden peppers, Tillamook cheddar, fresh lime, etc

Not pictured: a homemade black olive/ranch dressing

Ry Cooder - Feelin' Bad Blues

Ham & Broccoli Quiche

Fresh broccoli, blanched & shocked

Scratch pie dough crust, diced ham, fresh broccoli, eggs, tillamook cheddar cheese, milk ....

Sided up wit some homegrown tomatoes - Sunday breakfast on da bayou

Smoked/Shredded Beef Quesadillas

Killer beef quesadillas, with fresh lime and homemade roasted corn/black bean salsa

Bread & Tomatoes

Old fashioned stewed bread & tomatoes ~ made with ripe homegrown tomatoes

Malcolm Holcombe "Mountains of Home"

Smoked Boneless Beef Short Ribs - 3 Ways

Smoked, then beer braised tender ... smothered in Arthur Bryant's Original BBQ Sauce

Shredded & splashed with a lil' Texas Pete ~ to be used for making quesadillas and nachos

Shredded, then chopped and mixed with Smokey Mountain Smokers BBQ Sauce ~ for making bbq beef sandwiches

Some cajun 'taters ~ oven roasted hot & nasty

Kaw-Cajun Grits & Grillades

Tri-tip grillades simmerin' tender in a savory/garlicky cajun gravy

Browning the tri-tip grillades

The Holy Trinity

Plated up atop a bed of creamy grits - allons!!

Beanie Weinie

Mais, do you know how hard it is to make a pile of beans look *sexy*?? LOL Love me some beanie weinie ... and this tasted much more better than good, ah garrontee. I loved the beanie weinie that the lunch ladies used to slop onto my lunch tray - but this version is a lil' more kicked up fer grownups, yeh.

Homemade Pimento Cheese/Ham Salad

Homemade pimento cheese and homemade ham salad ... homegrown tomato ... made a dandy sandwich

Country Ham Biscuits

Sunday breakfast on da bayou

Homegrown Tomatoes

Salsa? Marinara??

Tabouli Salad? Stewed tomatoes??

Where would I be, without homegrown tomatoes??

Loose Ends

This is a mixture of fried vegs that I like to add to my taco/burrito meat ... taters, onions and chiles ... pretty traditional to find taters in authentic mexican meat fillings. Sometimes I'll throw a handful of peas in the mix also ... din't have any this time.

These are some grillades that I cut from a beet tri-tip ... will use them to make some cajun grits & grillades

Downlow country supper ... bread & gravy (heel of a loaf of bread & leftover pork chop gravy) ... but the interesting thing is the sliced homegrown tomatoes with gravy on them. It's a country thang....

Fried Okra Hash & Corn Maque Choux

Pan fried okra hash: okra, taters, onions, japs & fresh garlic

Fresh cut okra

Tossed wit a lil' cornmeal - then pan fried

Fresh corn maque choux: corn, onions, marconi peppers, jalapenos, bacon & seasonings

Fried Pork Chops & Pan Gravy

Cream gravy made with pork chop pan drippins & yumyums

Pan fried chops (crushed saltine breading)

Pan fried & oven-finished tender

Let's Eat!!

Hound Dog Taylor - The Sun Is Shining

Rigatoni/Cheeseburger Bake

Had some odds & ends floatin' around in my fridge, so I cleared them all out in one fell swoop - turned out pretty dang good: rigatoni pasta, crumbled leftover burger, bacon, onions, corn & roasted peppers, cheesy cheddar mornay sauce ... mix ... turned into casserole & topped with slices of homegrown tomato & a lil' asiago cheese ... bake till bubbly.

Cheebooga, Cheebooga

BBQ Cheebooga ~ dressed to the max