Picking plentiful pretty peppers

Gorgeous. These were some of the most beautiful peppers i had ever seen.
This was not a planned trip to the fields. My MIL and I went to Waldoch's simply to grab a few things from the roadside stand, but we saw cars in the fields and people bearing bushels of peppers and tomatoes. I couldn't resist. Impulse harvest!

I got a few tomatoes and peppers and in the bag are some okra. I made the best jambalaya of my life from these ingredients and had plenty left for pickling the sweet peppers and canning tomatoes.

If there's a heaven, this is mine.

Booya

I went to my first Booya today. It's an event focused around a soup. They do it up right at this place. This is my MIL's family and they've been having this Booya for years.
A Booya is a soup consisting of chicken, beef, beans, corn, tomatoes and whatever else you see fit to throw in. It's very good and it must be made in massive quantities. I believe this one was made in a 30 gallon tank. Here you see it being ladled into the pan for the roasting dish for serving. I couldn't imagine taking on such a project. But it brought in a big crowd. I got to meet all kinds of relatives I had never met before, including one person I've been sending Christmas cards to for a few years now.

Zucchini Pickles

I really like our new neighborhood. We have some of the sweetest neighbors. I just can't bring myself to tell the old man who lives across the street that I really have enough zucchini and don't need any more.
I had to find some new recipes for zucchini. Luckily I stumbled across a very simple pickle recipe. I'll post the recipe as soon as my little girl stops pulling on my slacks.