Brave

 

What a nice crop of hot peppers. We picked all the red ones yesterday and I made a jar of refrigerator pickled peppers-- wonder if anyone is brave enough to try them!  

We're making pork chili with white beans today, which sounds like a good thing on a stormy, wet weekend.  Maybe diced on top with cheese. 

After a scorching summer, starting to think about fall cooking. Last night roast chicken slathered with garlic butter. John said it was the best he ever had. I bought some locally grown garlic in Central Washington, and wow, what a difference. Sweet and juicy and tastes nothing like the stale Chinese garlic from the grocery store. Yes, China produces over 75% of the world's garlic. 

Other than the weather, not much news up here in the left hand corner of the country. Despite our relatively high vaccination rates (at least in western Washington) we have not escaped the Covid hospital crisis. If you're unfortunate to have an accident or heart attack, good luck. Between the millions of people who already had Covid and the millions who have been vaccinated, it seems impossible there are still so many people left to infect. Will it ever end?