Planting time at last!!!

Finally!!!! Temperatures in the 80's. Been a damn long winter. Folks can now put there peppers out and plant their okra. You can see my priorities, fresh habaneros and fried okra, yes! Speaking of okra, while down on St. Croix I had some great fungi, grits with okra. the secret was to put the sliced okra in the grits about five minutes before serving letting the hot grits cook the okra. this keeps the okra firm but done. Now that with a dash or two of good habanero sauce, you can't beat Marie Sharpe's for hot sauce, but that sauce they have over there isn't bad if you like curry, is good eats! Alton should have done this on his okra show. I have eaten a bunch of hot sauces from all over the world, and I make a killer habanero relish/sauce, but the flavour of Marie Sharpe's is the best of ALL. Belize has it there for their One Barrel, Marie Sharpe's and of course Caye Caulker and their mangos ain't bad either.
Cheers!

Red Rice, Rantowles

I've been a lot of places and eaten a lot of rice, rice and beans, beans and rice, red beans and rice, but Low Country red rice is my favorite! Since being down here I've eaten a lot of red rice. The best by far is at this little sea food shop in Red Top, SC, off Rantowles Creek, The Fish Net. Great fried fish good prices, will cook what you buy fresh, but the best Red Rice.

I think I got the goods;
while the rice is cooking (2C. water, 1C. rice, white of course)
1C. diced sweet pepper
1C. diced onion
1C. diced smoked sausage
1 smashed garlic clove
enough oil to saute vegies, saute!
when tender add cooked rice, mix together gently
1can tomato sauce, combine (mix, not too hard we don't want goo!)
cover so flavors can come together~5-10min.
SERVE and enjoy!!!!

Best eaten with shrimp, oysters, fried fish or all by itself!!! How sweet and simple.

Cheers!