In Our Kitchen: Almost Time for the Most Awesome Holiday This Year

Smoking is year long

To celebrate the end of summer and the one month of fall that begins in mid-November, we smoked ribs one last time. At least until next year. (We grill year round, but ribs only go on sale in the summer.)

The peppers have finally finished and it was time to grind the year’s harvest. I have been drying cayenne peppers all summer in the sun and now it is time to clean up the kitchen and all the filled metal racks. After hundreds of peppers I ended up with 1 1/2 cups powdered pepper. More than enough to last two years probably.

That grinder is over 15 years old and cost $9 new.

Since it is the fall, no kitchen is complete without a big bowl of nuts to crack and eat. That is a lot of pecans.

Chestnuts roasted on an open fire will be a reality

It’s OK to be jealous.

We’re also welcoming fall produce.

I want to be a pie when I grow up

The big one came from the garden.

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