08/27/2026
Good evening!! Today's big meal was a Tri tip, fried okra, smoked pit beans, and smoked honey cornbread! And, enough to share with our elder friend as well. ❤️
My smoker has been down for a bit, but my handsome and Handy husband was able to get er back up and going. I was thankful and we were ready for beef! We had many local favorites go into todays meal, Hetherington Cattle Company- Tri tip, Ozark Country Kitchen Sorghum we'd picked up from Main Street Flower Market to sweeten our pit beans, and for our Smoked Honey Cornbread, Murphy Orchard- Honey, Perrodise Farms- eggs and Dairy to your Door for our buttermilk. A couple items from our own garden too, leeks & peppers!
We recently saw some other friends of ours on the local news, Naomi Tate with Tate Farms discussing the ton's of "cheap" meat being brought into the states and although we're a sucker for a good bargain, there's just some things you shouldn't bargain with and to me that's foods that are able to ship and stay fresh long enough to make it to us at a cheap price. It just doesn't sit right. We love to support local for many reasons but mainly because its just better. Better quality and better for building our communities. For us there's something to be said about taking a back road and driving past the farm where your beef is raised, seeing the family you know out there in the fields taking care of their cows, loving them and taking pride in the beef they're raising and selling. Driving by the place happy chickens are laying your eggs or by the farm your vegetables are grown at while the happy farmer lifts their hand to wave howdy and so on. Knowing well that these people care, they know me and my family and I know them and their families, knowing they want to deliver and sell you something that's good because they just simply care. That's special and that's good and it might not be the cheapest, (most of the time it's the same price as store bought) but it's better and I'm also a firm believer in that you get what you pay for. Anywho, we all know I'm long winded so I'll quit for now, but, y'all we should really be supporting locals. There are plenty of farmers in America to buy from, get out there and meet a few. Also, drop some of your favorite locals below if you'd like. ❤️
It's always good to have a list. 🫶
Also, I'll post our cornbread recipe in comments! ❤️
