Sunday Dinner, October 19, 2008

It's a gorgeous Fall day here in Northeast Arkansas. It's 67F, the sun is shining and there's a refreshing breeze blowing. My windows are all open and Lamar is out taking Emmy for a walk in her stroller.

We have Emmy this afternoon/evening because Jessica is working some extra hours to accommodate her employers and Jason is doing some work on the side for extra money. He's helping out with the harvesting on a farm. One of his friends works there full time and got Jason the job. If I heard Jessica correctly, I believe she said Jason is driving a tractor today.

Don't worry, he still has his other job, this is just temporary and he'll still be working his regular hours at his main job. But the windfall of extra money this temporary job will provide is a Godsend, and we're very thankful for His provision.

So, Grandpa and I have the pleasure of Miss Emmy's company today.

Because Emmy loves MY TEXAS HASH, that's what we're having for supper tonight, along with some frozen broccoli, cauliflower and carrots from a bagged mix.

But you dropped by to see what I'm cooking for Sunday Dinner this week, didn't you?

All righty then. The crisp Fall weather just begs for warm comfort food, in my opinion, and I'm not going to fight the inclination to gather at home with family and enjoy some Southern home cookin'.

I'm going to cook up a big pot of pinto beans with a little hog jowl bacon thrown in for some smoky seasoning, and I'm also going to fry a big skillet of potatoes and make some of MY HOMEMADE CORNBREAD in a cast iron skillet. Cornbread is just better when it's baked in a cast iron skillet in my opinion.

My sister Ducky has been craving turnip greens and I happen to have some in the freezer, so I'm gonna surprise her and cook up some greens with some more of that bacon for seasoning. She rarely reads my blog so it should be a surprise to her when she gets here for dinner tomorrow afternoon.

And that's my menu for Sunday Dinner this week:

Pinto beans and bacon.
Fried taters.
Turnip greens and bacon.
Cornbread.

That's it unless somebody else brings a dessert or something else to add to the meal.

What's for Sunday Dinner at your place this week? Goin' to Grandma's or out to eat? Share your menu/plans in the comments if you'd like to participate this week.Now this is for MIGHTY MOM....Sarah, you'll be glad to know that Lamar and I had fried squirrel, fried taters and cream gravy for supper last night. (Sarah has asked me a couple of times lately if we'd eaten all the squirrel I had in my freezer. I think she's a little fascinated/disbelieving that we'd actually eat squirrel.)

I grew up eating squirrel, wild rabbit, turtle, deer, dove, duck and goose, several kinds of fish caught from our rivers and lakes, and I've even had fried blackbird, though I was pretty young and barely remember it. When you grow up poor in rural Arkansas, you eat what Mama and Daddy put on the table and you're glad to get it.

The squirrel sure was good, too! It's the first squirrel we've had this season and it came to us courtesy of my nephew Danny. He also gave us some catfish a couple of weeks ago and I fried it up for our supper about a week ago. Delicious!Lamar and Emmy should be back anytime and I need to get supper started. I also need to study my Sunday School lesson, but I'm sure that will have to wait until Emmy goes home later this evening.

For some reason, I don't find having an active toddler in the house conducive to effective Bible study. I'll gladly make the necessary adjustments to my routine though. These early years with Emmy will pass all too soon and I want to savor the sweetness and make lasting memories while I have the opportunity.I'm off to make supper and good memories. I hope you're making good memories this weekend as well.

May God meet all your needs and may you have enough to share.