Jalapeño Cheddar Cornbread

I fooled around with cornbread for many years and I never could get it just right. It was either too dry, too wet, lacking flavor, blah, blah, blah.

On the day I was over it, I made a 9-1-1 call to my cousin, Loretta, to ask for some much needed help. Loretta "don't make no bad food" - never, ever. She can do it all.

She kindly wrote out her recipe for me because, hmmm, those who really know how to cook "real food" normally don't need their own recipes written out. It just magically works for them every time.

Low Country Boil - The Southern Way

Each year our fabulous friends hosts a "low country boil."  If you are a foodie like I am, there is nothing like this in the entire world. It is a one pot buffet kinda thing.

It is AMAZING, people.

If you have never been a part of a low country boil, you must.

What goes into the pot depends on what you like. Sometimes there are only one or two seafood items, along with the corn, sausage, potatoes and spices.

Jalapenos on the Half Shell

I wanted to do something with all the jalapeno peppers that are coming out of the garden.  You would be totally amazed at how many jalapenos that one small plant can produce!  It is like there is no stopping it.  AMAZING.

A Beautiful Blue

I wouldn’t necessarily call myself a food snob.  I will eat just about anything with the exception of escargot and turtle.  Some things are just not meant to be food.  Mr. Smith is convinced that my favorite food is Caesar salad.  He is probably correct.  Lame, I know. 

A Caesar salad snob?  That would be me.  Really?  Yes, and we are moving on.