You Can't Go Home Again...Or Can You?

Oldest daughter Jessica (22 yrs.) came in from Tennessee last Thurs. Great having her home! Seems like we have been chatting non-stop most of the time. She's here for 10 days and seems like the time is flying. She's going to my mom's today for a few days before she heads back home.

Amazing how your kids actually do turn into great, loving, responsible, fun adults! Hope she's enjoying being here as much as we enjoy having her. She and Dale went fishing yeaterday - didn't catch much but seemed to have a great time just having father / daughter time.

Fortunately I had a back-up supply of fish in the freezer so at least we still were able to have a fish fry. Had also saved some homegrown okra to cook but didn't get the grease hot enough so was kind of chewy. Or maybe the problem was a combination of not-hot-enough grease or the fact that I only had one cast iron skillet so cooked the fish in that and the okra in a regular skillet. Big mistake. First rule of frying - ONLY fry in cast iron skillet. A REAL kitchen is not complete without a good set of knives and a good cast iron skillet. The older the skillet is, the better.

Made 'corny bread' too (her fav) and also had homegrown tomatoes so all in all turned out to be a great meal.

What's corny bread? Glad you asked. It's fabulous and SO easy. Make a box of Jiffy cornbread according to package directions, add 1/2 can of corn, 1 TBSP sugar, 1/2 tsp. salt, pour into 8x8 baking pan and cook at 350 for about 20 minutes. I like to stir in a couple slices of jalapenos in my 'corner' of the pan. YUM.

Anyhoo, I digress....

So, having a great time with Jessica being here and will miss her tremendously when she goes back to her Tennessee home.....