William arrived from Nashville yesterday with a big bag of Ghost Peppers he grew on his front porch. The technical name is Bhut Jolochia and they are the hottest chile in the world.  I believe they are what are used to make pepper spray!

They measure over one million on the Scoville scale as compared with the habanaro, which is a measley 150K.  This pepper isn’t messing around.

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Norma baked a wonderful lemon ice box  cake for our Girls of Summer birthday party on Saturday.  It was refreshing and perfect for a hot muggy day.

“This easy, luscious cake is actually better if made a day or two in advance,” said Norma. “Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.”

I might add that it was one of the tallest birthday cakes I’ve ever seen”!

Here’s how you do it:

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I’m not really crazy about figs, but my friend has a huge fig tree in his back yard and he invited Marie and Judy and me to come over and do some pickin’ after mass tomorrow.

Since I’m hot for anything free, I guess we will do some pickin’ even though we will melt in the heat which is predicted to be 100 plus – REAL temp. Besides one fig has only 37 calories and they are so sweet!  But they also have 10 carbs per fig and I’m watching carbs these days.  I might as well have a bag of M & Ms.

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My cherry tomatoes are producing at the speed of light – I pick about two cups every other day.  I found a wonderful way to treat these little jewels and even save some for the lean winter months.

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Looking for something light and delicious to throw together in a few minutes and get rave reviews?

I’ve got the recipe for you.

Bevanne threw it together at the last minute on July 4 and we were in awe how many corners she cut.

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