We had a ranch house supper tonight.
Greens with beans
Esquite
Greens with beans are easy and good.
I had some chard in the refrigerator and a can of white beans at hand. You should cut up the chard rather small and put it on to boil...when it is getting cooked, open the can of white beans, rinse thoroughly, and add to the top of the chard pan. Turn everything down and just let it warm up. I added a little garlic, s and p. But you do not need to add garlic if you dislike it.
Esquite is popcorn in espanol, but it is also pan fried fresh corn kernels....which one hopes won't pop. It is so hot in our house today that it is a wonder that the kernels didn't pop while waiting on the drainboard...but they did not. I put them into a skillet and put it on low to dry them out a bit, and then added a little olive oil, some chopped onion, and some chopped green pepper. I had no jalapeno so added a bit of cayenne...then you just fry it slowly until it gets a little brown in places, and eat it up.
It was not as good as it should have been, because the corn was TOO SWEET. Corn is sweet enough on its own without having the plant manipulators work on it to make it sweeter yet. The corn now in the markets is just too sugary sweet. I shudder for the poor diabetics who are woofing it down, every time I see it. They should not touch it with a ten foot pole, yet, who can blame them? Corn is really good (except for the too sweet part.)
Theo had his hamburger-patty-with-cheese as well, but I couldn't face it. Instead I had a piece of WW bread with a little spread of cream cheese with pineapple and chopped cherries...how good that was!
I am giving the leftovers to Patricia tomorrow for a Ranchhouse Lunch...if she has the nerve to drive down here tomorrow in this heat!! We shall see....YAZZYBEL
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