Haven’t kept up with the blog as it has been a combination of leftovers to be rid of and spices to use up on the fish and rice dish.the beef and rice dish was so large that we divided it into two lunch portions for Jim after eating it twice.  I had frozen the Almond sauce and thawed.  It was still so good.  

Finally it was Saturday.  We started out at the Farmer’s Market and progressed on to Publix.  We had a steak and a half in the freezer to use up.  Jim has been complaining that we have not had enough red wine.  I bought eggplant, zucchini and mushrooms to grill.  I marinated them in EVOO, oregano and Italian parsley that I had dried from my garden. they were delicious.  Jim was happy.  

Sunday I made a Low Country Boil from Bobby Dean’s cookbook.  We were rather late eating dinner.  I spent the day trimming the Japanese Maple in the back patio.  Most of Jim’s day was consumed with plumbers.  Saturday afternoon Jim discovered there was no hot water.  We have a tankless water heater which he has been told should be flushed once a year.  Of course he ignores anything I say.  The end of the day Jim was signing up for a whole new system as 10 years of negligence rendered it unfixable.  So Monday we are getting a new system.  Meanwhile I forgot to take a photo of the Low Country Boil, but it was very good.  I used very large Shrimp.  Serves 4.

Ingredients:

2 T crab boil

3/4 # small red new potatoes

1/2# cooked spicy chicken sausage cut in  2” pieces

2 ears shucked fresh corn on the cob, but in half crosswise

1 1/2# unpeeled large shrimp

Directions:

1. Fill a large pot with 3 quarts water and stir in the crab boil.  Bring the liquid to a boil over medium-high heat.  
2. Stir in the potatoes and sausage and cook over medium heat until the potatoes are almost tender, about 20 minutes.
3. Stir in the corn and cook for 10 minutes more.
4. Add the shrimp and cook until the shrimp are just opaque, 2-3 minutes.  
5. Drain well and enjoy.