(Succotash – Herbie Hancock)
I know I haven’t posted in a few days. Oops. Sorry. We’ve just had a few quiet days so there wasn’t much to share with you. Just going to the gym and then lazing around the house/deck reading and drinking tea. Super relaxing.
The other day we went for an early morning (6:30) beach walk. It was beautiful. What an amazing time of day. A perfect way to begin. Here we have a lot of herons, gulls, pelicans, and sandpipers on our beach. That morning the locals’ resident heron flew by us and landed oh so close to us. Unbelievable. Richard walked up to it thinking it would fly away and he’d get an inflight picture but the heron had other ideas. On the plus side Richard was able to walk right up to it to take this photo. How beautiful. 
Last night we were invited to the neighbours for dinner. It’s been wonderful meeting them and sharing meals and engaging in lots of interesting discussions. They’re here for one more week so we plan on getting together again before they leave.
I’ve been looking for southern recipes. When I saw a recipe for succotash the first thing that came to mind was the cartoon character Sylvester the Cat and his trademark exclamation “Sufferin’ Succotash”. Funny how the mind works. Took that as a sign that I should make it.
Most kids love cartoons. I certainly did when I was a child. I especially love the old ones: Bugs Bunny, Looney Tunes, Disney, and Merrie Melodies to name a few. As a kid they were funny. Getting older I appreciate them for all that they entail. When I was teaching elementary school music (37 years) I appreciated their incorporation of classical music. It was such a joy to share some of these with my students and observe their amazement and their enjoyment of them. There are so many wonderful cartoons. Here is just a small taste.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5-fP4QpL0A&feature=share
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1laz-7C2KM&feature=share
Southern Recipe #8
Blackened Chicken with Succotash and Cornbread
When I chose to make the Succotash recipe I knew I couldn’t just have it alone. Since we like chicken I decided to have blackened chicken. Seemed more southern to me. Maybe it is and maybe it isn’t. Is it?
Heaven help me! 🙏🏼 I decided to try cornbread again. This time from scratch. 🙀 In my first venture with cornbread I made it from a mix and it was a total disaster. 😝 I should have know better. Mixes are not usually the best.
The meal was delicious and we’ll definitely have it again when we get back home.
I hope everyone has had an amazing week.
Nite y’all 😴
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