Good Morning Wednesday

   Hoping everyone had a great Independence Day celebration-those of us in the usa. Ours was so so  A few people were suppose to come over and do a camp out-never heard from them. Then someone we know that lives near here asked to come over-never showed up and they were bringing the sides.  I hadn't made any side dishes as those were suppose to have been brought in by others but I did have the meats-soooo we have ribs and a couple different brats for the two of us-enough for the whole week haha  that's ok.

  The fireworks on the lake were pretty and they were shooting them off as far as we could see-but the two homes that really put on a show did not do any this year. So instead of all night fireworks it started just before dark and lasted til about midnight-1 am.  They are pretty over the water.

  I am still fighting a really bad case of poison ivy-super ugh. huge blisters, burning it's really horrible. Been about 5 or so days now. We decided to set up for the covid shots-first one late afternoon today, otherwise I would have called in for steroid shot-which is usually what I need with this.  I am wondering if I also ran into poison oak as this has much more burning and redness than I usually get.

  I did start warping up for my next towel project. I decided to add an extra yard for another towel not thinking I might end up with not enough yarn-and that is exactly what happened-sigh I am 90 times around the board by 8 yards short. At the time I ordered this 8/2 size cotton I almost got two of this natural white but didn't want to have leftovers of white.  Right now they are out of stock so am waiting for their order to come in at Webs

    In the upper left corner is a light silver which I almost thought of finishing up the warp with-but decided on waiting for the  natural white to come in.

  This cotton will work well for summer tops too

I needed to go around the warping board 490 times-so I did this in two parts as those pegs would not hold that much at one time

    This is set up on the lease sticks and ready for the next warp once I can get more yarn in

     Last week Larry did get a chance to go out in his boat and catch us enough fish for our dinner. This was mostly crappie  I have a really nice small but deep cast iron pot that works perfect for frying up a little fish. I used avocado oil for frying.

On the lake last week-this huge dock went by and this one has a wooden roof

  That's it for me, wasn't up to visiting everyone for T but thought I would post and check in today. Happy mid week.

Cast Iron Saturdays-for Our Independence Day

    Those of you in the USA are you ready to celebrate our Independence Day July 4th?  This last year has been a rough one for most of us, so I will be getting out the grills and cast iron even if it's just the two of us this year.

   This post brings us to my cast iron recipes postings. You are most welcome to share a grill or cast iron recipe perfect for the 4th this week.

 In my inbox I got an email full of recipes from the Spice House out of Chicago-my new online spice and herb blends online shopping site.  This first one comes from them

Hamburger Sliders with Roasted Garlic Mayo

For vegetarian one could substitute a grilled large portobello mushroom, for gluten free use large firm lettuce leaves instead of bread, or I like Udi's gluten free small buns

  This next recipe is also from the Spice House

Chili Roasted Corn

I thought this corn recipe sounded really good, you could substitute spices for what you have in your pantry Their fire salt sounds good though

Braised Dutch Oven Pulled Pork

 Pulled pork will serve a crowd. This one is braised in a dutch oven in your home oven, or could be done outdoors with coals

  This site also gave several recipe suggestions for your pulled pork, besides sandwiches.

Roasted Red Potatoes with Garlic and Rosemary

  Yum I love potatoes like this Potatoes go with most anything you are serving and these are always a hit at bbq's too.

Southern Style Cole Slaw

   This dish is not made in cast iron but could be served in your enamel over cast iron dutch oven type pan.  This recipe sounded delicious and goes perfect with the burgers and pulled pork

And I was looking for simple fish dishes using cast iron-and I found this site with 9 different fish recipes--Here

   Below photo is tilapia, but they also have recipes for salmon, and cod

Can't forget desserts-smiles-

Red White and Blue Cobbler

Gluten free Dairy Free Cherry Clafoutis

and I thought these looked adorable and so good too-not made in cast iron but could be served in a enamel cast iron piece 

  Red White and Blue Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries

Happy Cast Iron Saturday and Happy 4th of July if celebrating