Last night, we had butter beans, creamed corn, and some terrific sausage from Gum Creek.
The sausage was delicious! It made the house smell good for hours. The butter beans weren’t bad either. The corn was creamed corn from a can – a little too sweet but entirely edible.
The creamed corn was an accident. I made vegetable soup the other day and didn’t want to use my frozen CSA corn for soup. But I grabbed the wrong can from the pantry and didn’t realize it until it was too late.
Field Peas – yay!
I take back my whining about the field peas. We had some for lunch today, and they were really good.
(There was supposed to be some rice grits, too. But I walked away from them before turning them to simmer and burnt them to an incredibly acrid crisp.)
Most recipes call for some salty pork to cook with the field peas. I’ve got some bacon, but I need it for red cabbage and bacon, basil, tomato sandwiches with our very own tomato!
It's a tomato - we're so proud!
Instead, I just reheated the sausage drippings from last night’s supper before adding the peas and the water.
A couple of years ago, I wouldn’t have believed it if you told me I’d clean my plate of field peas and butter beans. But I really did!
and I didn't scrape them on to Chris' plate, either!
thoughtful consumption 
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