A Windy Knoll Report
Okay — I have to ask that you bear with me — I have a spanking new iPhone and about all I know is how to turn it on. Duh!!!!!!!! As we went in the AT&T store I told John those people would ask, “You want to buy what?” “You look as though you need to be in the nursing home!” So much for that — I had all the pertinent info from Daughter # 2, plus I took somebody with me who knew how and what questions to ask. Anyway the beautiful apples from Ellijay, GA arrived today and I made a picture to show you, but can’t find out how to e-mail it to the computer. I’m sure you’ll hear more about apples as I cook whatever with them. Our favorite variety is Mutsu. For more than fifty years we have driven to Ellijay to get the apples, but last year as we were coming home, we missed the turn off in that busy Cobb County traffic and it was a night mare getting home. Daughter # 1 directed us by cell phone as to where to turn. We decided we have never been this age before and maybe it’s time we send for the apples. It a wonderful drive and we love the North Georgia mountains. And another thing about the trip is I get to do wildflowers along the way, but I must admit it’s kinda hard to do them at whatever the speed limit is. When we first started making that trip,and for a number of years, we went directly to the orchard, but now Ellijay is a metropolis and we can no longer visit the orchard — at least the one we used to visit. We’ll pack some of these jewels away and eat them after Christmas — of course, we enjoy the mellow apples best of all.
Sweet Potatoes Cure
The sweet potatoes I mentioned a few days ago are now out of the ground and he has them on a piece of sheet iron to cure for a time. With rain in the forecast, no doubt John will transfer the potatoes to the shed instead of having them get wet. When we got the plants last spring we asked for and thought we were getting Puerto Rica red plants; however, we must have had one plant of the reds and the rest are Boregards (probably mispelled) and we don’t care for this variety much. Needless to say, we’ll eat them and complain. I usually bake a large quantity for the freezer — it’s so nice to reach in, get a frozen one and zap it in the microwave. No way can we do that at this point — the freezers are full.
John picks greens with Sister close by
The greens are still small, but John gathered enough for us to eat a day or two ago. They are marvelous. Here again, I always put lots of these in the freezer, but. . . .
Anyway now that fall is here and all these new goodies are ready, my cooking will change. Soon I’ll be sharing some recipes — like tater pie and sweet potato casserole. John’s aunt used to say, “It’s fun to live in the country when watermelons are ripe.” Well, it’s fun to live in the country and enjoy all these other things, too. This is one of the best parts of country living.
Greens and aching back ready to come to the house.