What I'm Reading This Week #30
Happy Final Friday of July everyone! I will not be sad to see this month in the rear view. The Mr finished the HOA minion's job by checking on the basement wall crevasse of missing mortar pretty much every waking hour after he "filled" the hole. I gave him a bamboo skewer to see if it hit the long bottom we saw with the camera. Nope. source When he poked it, it drained away. Every hour, he'd do the same and it kept emptying. I had him check to make sure it wasn't pouring out the front of the house and thankfully it wasn't. But if you figure that water has been etching away at the stairstep crack leading from the top of the hole then that goes down the entire length of the wall , so it had a long way to travel. In the end not only did the Mr use one quart of the filler but had to buy another one and used 1/3 of the bottle before it finally started leveling off!! If we'd left it to the HOA dude, an eighth of the bottle woul...
I was never too fond of corn as a kid. My family would eat corn on the cob and I would always skip it and one of my brothers would gladly eat my share. If only I had known then just how good it could actually be. The herb butter takes that up yet another notch. Who needs salt?!
ReplyDeleteYeah I remember when I made that for a family cookout here once and my uncle raved about the corn. Just think if I'd known about the herb butter then? :)
DeleteWhere do you find your light butter?
ReplyDeleteI've only found it ONCE here in CT and never since...
Trader Joe's carries a brand called Balade I think. The tub is pretty small but I guess it encourages us not to eat too much of it. ;)
DeleteI'll have to look next time I'm there!
DeleteThat store is dangerous to my wallet though
Corn on the cob might be my favorite food. We eat it repeatedly all summer--hubby is even growing some in our garden this year. But, until our corn is ripe, I am buying it now from the grocery store and hope it is soon available from the produce markets that will be springing up on the corners any day now. I have discovered, after years of slathering up my corn with real butter, that it tastes just fine with a few sprays of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter." Your recipe sounds great, I may have to try that.
ReplyDeleteOur farmers markets have just started getting it in and looking forward to grilling some up this weekend. We've got that spray but I rarely use it. For 25 calories, I'll use the real stuff and do a few more minutes of cardio. ;)
DeleteYum!! my summer fav..growing up in India..the vendors at the beach would grill them on pieces of hot coal in a metal pan. they wud take a half lemon and dip it in a mixture of salt and chilli powder and rub it in on the cob...so good, u dont even need butter:P....
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Deletehere is a link to that:)
Will have to check it out! Sounds delish!
DeleteLast summer I made chipotle lime butter, O M G!!! Delicious!
ReplyDeleteYes please!
DeleteI love corn on the cob too. So good. I love to add cilantro to it, or anything really. Most of the time if the corn is sweet enough I just eat it without anything. I'm not big on grilling but everything just tastes better that way in the summer.
ReplyDeleteYep we've done 'em au naturale as well at the height of the season!
DeleteI concur, grilled corn is the best thing about summer. :) Yum!
ReplyDeleteYou know it!
DeleteOh Gawd I love corn! That looks scrum-diddly-umptious! I like my corn with avocado and cherry tomatoes! I've got to try the herb butter idea..it screams SUMMAH... BUTTAH SUMMAH!
ReplyDeleteMe too! Buttah Summah...love it!
DeleteI think I've mentioned it before but my favorite all-time topping to baked potatoes is cottage cheese and chives from my garden....yowza!!! I just did a little somethin' somethin' to our corn this weekend of butter with a tiny pinch of chili powder...yum! I'll also add a wee bit of Cholula sauce as well to give it some kick.
ReplyDeleteI bet the Mr would love that! I'm going to make some chipotle butter this weekend in addition to the herb butter for a cookout. Yum!
DeleteThis is such a great idea!! I'm going to try it next time I buy fresh corn.
ReplyDeleteI love to grill peppers and asparagus on the BBQ and then make a cold salad with it. So yummy.
Yay! I hope you like it!
DeleteI LOVE asparagus on the grill, YUM!
Chesapeake Old Bay seasoning on my corn for me! Nothing is yummier!
ReplyDeleteThat's a good one too!
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