What a weekend! Tornado warnings & watches all through our county on Saturday night. Crazy looking sky with evening entertainment of watching the storm cells on the radar, waiting until we could safely go to sleep. While we were watching the radar and meterologists on TV, I made a batch of pickled eggs. Very easy, and should be ready to much by Monday. I picked an ample batch of Swiss Chard and thinned the radish patches.
Thai menu for dinner, so I sauted the swiss chard and the mini radishes (whole) added 2 Tbls Fish Sauce, 2 TBLS lime juice and 1 cup lite-coconut milk. I also added 1 crushed dried hunan chile. Wow! Good as candy! I could have eaten pounds of it!
Sunday we were up early. Our first project was to construct a 24" high chicken wire fence along our farm fence to keep in the ducks, who were determined to get across the street yet again. 5 hours later we finished (the fence was about 200 feet long). Later we discovered one 20 foot span along our neighbors yard that is fenced just with two lines of barbed wire and the ducks easily followed the chickens under the wire and out once again! UGH! Fencing in that area is next! I also planted two trays of beets, one tray of cauliflower and one tray of napa cabbage.
Around 5PM we watched as wall clouds passed us to the south. Those clouds did not look good! You could see rotation and shifting! Luckily we were at least 25 miles away for the core of the storm.
Dinner on Sunday was grilled chicken marinated in lemon, onions, olive oil, spices (paprika, cumin, ginger and white pepper), old fashioned corn pudding and a BLT salad. The salad was outstanding! Fresh picked lettuce, fresh sliced radishes. chopped tomato, halved pickled egg, and sprinkled with bacon bits. Zesty dressing made with sour cream, gargonzola cheese, worcestershire sauce, buttermilk and fresh chives. Yummy!!!!
By the 10 oclock news we began to hear of the devastation in Joplin MO. Our prayers were for our friends there at the Millennium Club, hoping they were well away for the ruin. Half the town center area was completely wiped out by the club and it's employees are all okay! This spring has been an unusually violent one.
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