PESTO POTATO SALAD

1(32oz.) Container Deli Red Potato Salad
1/4 Cup Basil Pesto
3 Tablespoons Diced Pimientos(undrained)


Place potato salad in medium bowl. Stir in the pesto and pimientos. Serve. Keep chilled. Keep leftovers in ref.

TRINA'S S. RUBIN SANDWICH

1 Loaf Rye Bread
1 Pack Swiss Cheese(sliced)
1 Lb. Pastrami(sliced)
1 Stick Blue Bonnet Marg.
1 Bottle Thousand Island Dressing
1 Small Can Kraut or 1/2 Bag, drained

In a skillet put about 1/3 teaspoon of oil and put what amout of kraut in it you want for the sandwiches. Fry until heated thru good. Make sure it is drained good. Put some of the dressing on one piece of the rye bread (or can add some to the kraut or just dip the sandwich in it) and put your swiss cheese on it. Next add the pastrami and then the kraut. Put the other piece of bread on. In another skillet put some of the butter and let it melt then add the sandwich. Turn on medium so it will not scorch or turn on low. Put a lid, (I call it a cap  just big enough to fit the sandwich) on top of it to let the cheese melt good. Then flip over and do the other side. Do not put the lid on this time. Can be dipped in the thousand island dressing or in sour cream or ranch dressing.

STEFEN'S ASPARAGUS IN BLANKETS

1 Loaf Bread
2 Cans(drained) or Fresh Asparagus
1 Container of Allouette Cheese(spinash, garlic)
1 Stick Butter(real butter)
1 Bag Mozzarella Cheese, shredded

Remove crust from bread(older bread is better). Coat bread with thin layer of the allouette cheese. Let it get soft from ref. Place 2 pieces of asparagus on bread and roll up. Place on cookie sheet. Use 1/2 stick of butter and melt it and pour over the rolled up asparagus and bread. Bake for 20 minutes at 300. Can sprinkle the cheese on top before baking or when about done so it will melt.

LARRY B. FUDGE

3 Cups Sugar
1 Cup Evaporated Milk(cream)
6 Tablespoons Butter
1(10oz.) Pack Peanut Butter Chips
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
7oz. Jar Marshmallow Cream
1/4 Cup Crunchy Peanut Butter
1 Cup Chopped Peanuts (use in it if you like)

Line a 8 x8 baking dish with foil or a 9 x 12 is you like it thiner. Put butter on top of the foil. In a saucepan bring to a boil milk, butter. Use medium heat and cook util it reaches a boil or 236. Cook 7 minutes after coming to a boil. Take off stove and mix in the peanut butter chips and peanut butter and marshmallow cream and nuts. Pour into pan. Let get cold and then cut. Keep in a airtight container.

"FUNERAL FLOWERS" CORN

Now when you think you have heard it all you can read this post. lol. My daughter and I went to one of our local stores to do some grocering. We picked up some fresh corn on the cob that they had on sale. She wanted the peaches and cream corn so the lady went and found some in the stock room for us. We brought it home and I was standing shucking it at the table and I told my daughter I smell funeral flowers.
Now here in the mountains we have some saying about things that might happen if we see or smell certain things. Like if a red bird trys to come in it is a sign of a death or if a blackbird comes to your house. If you smell funeral flowers it is a sign of a death.
So I did not like the smell I was smelling. She began laughing and said I had lost it. Well, me I omit I am getting old but I have not yet lost my smeller.
So I kept on shucking the corn and I told her again I smell flowers. I reached and got another corn and smelled of it. It smelled just like roses. I got another one and it smelled the same way. She smelled it and said I guess you are right this time it smells like roses. We got the corn out of the bag we had shucked and it all smelled like flowers.
I washed it off and it still smelled like flowers. We knew we sure could not eat this. So we thru it in the garbage.  No corn on the cob that night for us.
I think what had happened the store sells flowers and it must have been next to them in the stockroom. So if you buy fresh corn out of the store take my advice and smell of it before bringing it home because you will be wasting your money if it smells like flowers.
Thank God that was what happened as we sure don't need any more deaths in the family right now. We have had our share the last 3 years.
 I have found that some people do believe in such sayings. I do know that if you see a blackbird and someone is sick nine times out of ten they will die. I know that is what happened to me with my dad. There had never been any blackbirds around my dads home. That morning there were two came and circled around his home. He died that day. He had not been sick and just got sick feeling bad that day. By that afternoon he was dead. So it does scare me when I see blackbirds flying around now. But that is just me..........

COUNTRY CORN RELISH

3 Doz. Fresh Corn, (9 cups), boiled and cut off of cob
4 Cups Bell Peppers
2 Cup of Vidalia Onions
4 Cups Chopped Red Tomatoes
5 Cups Vinegar
2 Cups Sugar
1/4 Cup Salt
1 Tablespoon Turmeric
1 Tablespoon Celery Seeds
1/2 Tablespoon Ground Mustard Powder

Combine all the vegs in a larg saucepan. Add vinegar, sugar, salt, turmeric, celery seeds and mustard. Bring to a boil, stirring often. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes or until tender, stirring now and then so they will all cook thru. Pour into hot jars and have your lids and rings hot also. Seal. Process in hot water bath for 10 minutes for pints. Make sure you have liquid in each jar when pouring in them before sealing. You can work with this recipe. You may need more salt or sugar to your liking. Can use bagged frozen whole kernel corn. Use 2 bags(32oz.) each.

JACK DANIEL'S RIBS

1 1/2 Cups Jack Daniels BBQ Sauce, Hickory Brown Sugar
1 1/2 Cups Jack Daniels BBQ Sauce, Honey Smokehouse
3 Lbs. Country Ribs
1/2 Cup Water
1/2 Cup Soy Sauce
1/4 Cup Honey

Set aside 1/2 cup of each Jack Daniels BBQ Sauces to use on cooked ribs. Place ribs in 4-quart sauce pan. Combine remaining ings. and pour over the ribs. Cover and simmer for 1 hour or until tender. Remove the ribs from sauce and discard liquid. Grill for 15 minutes or until browned. Brush on reserved sacue to finish ribs.