Corn and Maters

I live in a little town, known in my rural county as the Big Town. We live out off the West side of Main Street. When we bought our little house in 1979, we were the second to the last street in town. And we lived halfway down our street. Lots of "new" houses joined us over the years. We know live almost at the top of our street, LOL. 

There used to be a farm at the end of our street and farm fields behind our backyard. Nowadays we get in the car and drive almost a whole mile to find a farm stand. The farm stands we prefer are at the end of a driveway or maybe up by the barn and usually have a box or tin with a slit to put your money. 

This has been a very good year for sweet corn in Northern Ohio.  The ears are plentiful and flavorful and don't have any missing niblets. We have tried corn from at least three or four farms and each one has been as good as the next. Most have picked corn that morning and you can't get fresher than that. 

As a joke, I bought Mr Merry a potted tomato plant from an Amish farm last year. It was amazingly prolific and came with some green tomatoes growing on it - in May!! We had fresh tomatoes all summer! This year I bought two potted tomato plants and we are not only eating tomatoes every meal, but sharing with our neighbors, too! 

After several hand surgeries and the smushed arm last year - I don't can or even freeze much anymore. But we still like to eat our fill. Here is what I have been up to in the kitchen. 

Grilled Steak, Sweet Corn, Roasted Tomatoes with Cheese

Pork Chop, Sweet Corn, Grilled Tomatoes

Pot Roast, Sweet Corn, Tomatoes, Mashed Potatoes

Spaghetti, Sweet Corn, Tomatoes

Chicken, Macaroni Salad, Tomatoes . . . .Wait - without Sweet Corn in August, can we even call ourselves Ohioans?  

Don't worry, we made a run the next morning for another dozen. Luckily I can split the ears with a daughter or daughter in law so we can keep eating fresh! 

My teacher daughters and daughter in laws are all back to school. We will have seven grandchildren here all day tomorrow. Thursday and Friday we go down to six when my youngest granddaughter goes to her first day of kindergarten. Monday is a big day when FOUR more go back to two different schools. We will only have one two-year-old on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and then on Thursday and Friday we will add his two-year-old cousin! It's almost MY vacation time.