Golden Friday

Ah, the day before Howlloween...looks like some of you maybe out trick-or-treating or play dress up. We don't play dress up and there aren't many children near us, so there will be no trick-or-treaters coming. We hope all our furfriends and human friends have a happy and safe Howlloween! Pawrents, be careful with those candies, chocolate is poisonous to us doggies, please be sure to hide them from the doggies. :)

Candies? Did someone say candies?

What do you mean we can't have chocolate?

I'm going to howl to protest for no candies!

Wordless Wednesday

Golden Friday

Fall is for playing

Garlic

Fall is garlic planting time. I planted garlic for the very first time last year and I'm hooked! I know I didn't plant nearly enough last year being my first year and all and I only planted 1 variety.

This year I am planting more. I have planted my garlic last weekend and they are covered in straw for the winter. Here are the varieties I'm planting this year:

These were ordered from The Maine Potato Lady

1) German Extra Hardy (Hardneck), 1/2 Lb. I planted these last year.

2) Georgian Crystal (Hardneck), 1/2 Lb.

These were ordered from The Garlic Store

1) Xian (Hardneck) , 1/2 Lb.

2) Tuscan (Softneck), 1/2 Lb.

Do you like garlic? Will you be planting some garlic this fall?

And the winner is....

Thank you all for your comments. We had a total of 14 comments by 12:00PM E.T on Monday. Using a random number gerenator, we have picked a winner. Drumroll please.....

It's Number 8! So the winner is: Sierra Rose! Congrats Sierra Rose!

Sierra Rose said...
Congratulations on the 150 post!Oh wow! No more quacker!?!?! That's nice that you all are doing a giveaway!!!!Hugs and snaggle-tooth kisses,Sierra Rose
October 16, 2009 2:32 PM

Sierra's mom, please email me (ysdavis at hotmail dot com) your snail mail address so that I can send you your book!

Golden Friday - Giveaway Edition

The Giveaway is now closed. The winner will be annouced on Tuesday. Thank you all for your comments!

Samantha: "Hey June, do you know that today's post is a very special post?"
June: "I don't Samantha. Why is it special?"
Samantha: "We(us and mom) have been blogging for quite a while now and this is our 15oth post!"
June: "Really? I did not know that we had that much to talk about. So how are we going to celebrate?"
Samantha: "How about we do a Giveaway?"

June: "Oh a giveaway? That sounds like fun! Lets do it! What should we giveaway?"

Samantha: "Well, I was kinda thinking about this duck duck but unfortunately we killed it the other day."

June: "Oh ya...but that was fun tugging on the duck duck!"

June: "Oh I know, how about a book?"
Samantha: "A book? That sounds good. What do you have in mind?"
June: "How about this book mom got at the vet's? It's about a cat."
Samantha: "A cat? You are not serious, are you? Dogs don't like cats."
June: "This cat is special. She was rescued and this book is written by her furever home mom."
Samantha: "That does sound special. I bet our readers would like it."
June: "Now, you didn't hear this from me, but I found out that mom cried while reading this book(she bought 2 books, 1 fur her and 1 fur the giveaway)."
Samantha: "My lips are sealed."

Dear bloggie human friends and furfriends, if you would like to enter in this giveaway, please leave us a comment by Monday, Oct 19th, E.T 12:00PM.

The winner will be annouced on Tuesday. Good luck and thank you for being our friends!

Hugs,

Samantha & June & Mom

Corny

One of the things I love to eat in the summer time is corn on the cob. I used to steam them but lately I have been addicted to grilling them, husk and all.

When I eat corn on the cob, I like to eat them by the rows. Call me weird if you will. But I like to eat them, say, 4 rows at a time lengthwise like a typewritter. Hubby eats them around the cob. Samantha and June love corn as well. Samantha eats the whole corn, including the cob. June is a princess, she only eats the corn kernels and she eats it like a human.

Ok now here's what I would like to find out: How do you eat corn on the cob?

Sad to say, corn season is over. No more fresh corn on the cob. When corn is not in season, I buy frozen corn. Here's how I like to prepare the frozen corn:

Garlic Corn Saute

Ingredients:

2 tablesppon olive oil or butter

1 bag frozen corn kernels, 1Lb. bag

1 medium onion, chopped, about 1 cup

2 cloves garlic, minced

A handfull of chopped chives (told you I never measure when I cook)

A handfull of chopped parsley

Salt & Pepper to taste

A few dash of crushed hot pepper, optional

Instructions:

1) In a 10-12" skillet over medium heat(I have 8 settings and I usually set it at 4), heat oil/butter. Add all the ingredients in the skillet starting with the chopped onion in the bottom and ending with frozen corn. Season with salt & pepper and crushed hot pepper.

2) Cook on medium heat without stiring for about 3-5 minutes. Check it at 3 minutes, making sure it's not burnt. If it's starting to burn, turn the heat down a notch. What you want is for the onions to caramelized(at the same time the heat will thaw the corn). Then stir and let cook for another 3-5 minutes. Keep stiring every few minutes and cooking the corn mixture until the corn is caramelized(golden brownish). Taste and re-season if necessary.

This is a great side dish to serve with grilled steak, pork or chicken. Enjoy!

Please come back this Friday for a very special Golden Friday edition!