- Guacamole, I could just eat an entire mixing bowl full of this stuff. Forget the chips, I'll just use a spoon!
- Thai Peanut Dipping Sauce: Forget dipping, just give me a bowl of this stuff and a spoon, and I'm quite happy!
- There's absolutely nothing more refreshing on a hot summer day than the taste of a lime.
- Just so you know:
- Pecans are pronounced "puh cahns", not pea cans. Pralines are pronounced "praw leens", not pray leens.
- I spent the first 40 years of my life not knowing what a leek was. If you don't know, find out soon; they're delicious.
- There's nothing so good as butter beans or crowder peas fresh-shelled in the summer. Mama and Daddy used to go to the Farmer's Market in Mobile and get bushels of these to put up in the freezer. I remember sitting under the China Berry tree in the front yard shelling those beans and peas, until I could sneak away!
All quotes by Pam Ricker.