Just Checking in with a recipe for Super Bowl

Hello, Sweet Friend! I want to thank you for your kind words of comfort during my difficult time. Although I am feeling much better and at peace, the situation remains without change. God is in control.

Many years ago when I first moved to Georgia with my then husband, we were invited to the home of some new friends who we met at dog shows. They had whippets among other breeds.

We knew we were in for a treat when "Sixty" Watts told us that he was cooking up a Low Country Boil, with sausage, shrimp, potatoes and corn on the cobb. But when his wife offered us "boiled peanuts", we just looked at each other. Boiled peanuts?? Little did we know that we were in for a southern treat!

With my husband, Jim, we would only buy boiled peanuts in the fall when we would stop at Burt's Pumpkin Farm. There was just something about the yearly ritual that was so much fun. When I offered to make them at home, you would have thought that I was being sacrilegious. LOL

But I ignored his misgivings and went right on with a wonderful recipe from the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Here it is:

Southern Hot Spiced Boiled Peanuts

This takes about 10 minutes to throw together.

5 hours, 25 minutes cooking time

2 pounds raw peanuts in the shell

3/4 cup of hot sauce

1/3 cup of salt

1 (3”piece of fresh ginger,) sliced

1 tablespoon of black pepper corns

2 bay leaves

Directions: Bring all ingredients and 1 gallon (approx) to  a boil in a pot over high heat.

Reduce to medium heat and cover, cooking for  four hours or until tender. Add water as needed.

Can be done in a crock pot. Makes about 4 cups.

 Watch out. These can be addictive. :o)

"May the Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you. May the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. "

Hadassah's words to Atretes before she was fed to the lions. Voice in the Wind  

by Francine Rivers.