Maggie's Farm

Pic is preparation for the cocktail hour shrimp boil at the Greyfield Inn.

Why are the shrimp so tender? They are bought directly from the shrimp boat, and they are in the boil in their shells for 2 minutes max - 90 seconds preferably - just until they turn pink. I tend to find shrimp boring but these were sweet and not chewy.

The square hole in the table is for the shells. Works for oyster roasts too.

You are supposed to drink beer with them.

They use this recipe for dipping sauce.

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17 miles of beach with excellent Atlantic body-surfing surf - and nobody on the entire thing but Mrs. BD (in photo) and me. Tempted to try some nude surfing but would hate to sunburn sensitive body parts. (Also, with a good wave ride you can scrape the sand.)

We are not accustomed to swimming and surfing in 75-degree ocean water, as Cape Codders. In warm surf, I get tired before I become hypothermic. That's good, but the warmth feels decadent.

I will throw some pics together when I get the chance.

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Isaiah 6:1-8

6:1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple.

6:2 Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.

6:3 And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory."

6:4 The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke.

6:5 And I said: "Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"

6:6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.

6:7 The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: "Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out."

6:8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I; send me!"

The way I make black bean soup -

4 cans of Goya black beans (make sure they are GMO black beans, much better)
2 medium onion diced
chopped garlic, as much as you like (not organic garlic, please)
about 4 slices of bacon
a couple of bay leaves
some chicken broth
thyme
cumin and/or chili and/or cayenne pepper powder
1 fresh jalapeno pepper chopped (or jarred - doesn't matter) and/or chopped scallions

Cook the bacon. Remove it. Sautee the onion and garlic in the bacon grease a little. Chop up the bacon. Dump out most of the bacon grease, then dump in the beans (don't drain them), onions and garlic, bay leaf, chopped bacon, some chicken broth, salt, and a couple of dashes or so of the flavorings. (I hold the jalapeno in abeyance as not everybody likes it. Can be added as garnish when done)

I don't use cilantro because I hate it. Cilantro - some like it, some do not. It's genetic.

Simmer covered for an hour or so or toss it in a crock pot. Add more chicken broth it it's too thick. Then mash it in the pot with a potato masher. Some people just take half of it and run it thru the blender for a creamier result but I like to mash it. Scallions on top, +/- chopped jalapeno.

I like it with a big dollop of mashed taters in the middle of each person's bowl, but some people prefer sour cream and salsa on it. Whatever.

Salad on the side? If you are a rabbit, fine.

Mom used to send us kids out into the meadow edges in July and August with our blueberry cans on strings around our necks. Wild blueberries, the small ones.  Now you can get blueberries year-round, but they are not the same. Big fat things mostly.

Anyway, simple and delicious with Hard Sauce on the side (that sauce is good without the brandy). Blueberry Cake.

The Band - The Last Waltz (full album). The beginning is delightful: