He Does Understand... We Are Going To Have Differences

Artwork By Gloria Faye Brown Bates (this survived a house fire in file cabinet)

He Does Understand... We Are Going To Have Our Differences
By Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee

I tried something I've never tried in my life.  Today, I felt well enough to go to the supermarket.  In fact, in the past couple of days I've tried food I've never eaten before in my life.

I was buying bags of frozen vegetables to put in the freezer.  I bought several bags of something I'd never eaten before.  I will surely buy more now.

I tried Edamame, a variety of soy beans... I bought the steamable frozen pods with sea salt.  I put them in the microwave for about 4-5 minutes, took them out, let them cool a bit.

I began taking the peas from the pod to eat.  Oh my, what a tasty snack!  I love the taste, I don't know how to describe it, I've never tasted anything like them before.  I read that they have a lot of good protein, and people eat them for a snack when dieting.

Tonight, I did something I'd never done in my life.  I bought two bulbs of garlic at the supermarket.  They always look so fresh, pretty in their little packages.  I felt I wanted a box of them.

Tonight, I held each bulb in my hand, sliced off the 'top'... then took the 'paper' skin off.  I put each of the two garlic bulbs into a piece of tin foil... drizzled olive oil on them, sprinkled a little salt, pepper over them.  (Note:  I need to get Kosher salt  :)))

I baked them in the oven at 400 degrees, then... took the cloves from each bulb... pressed each clove with a fork to get the creamy, roasted garlic out.  (Note:  I need to buy a garlic press  :)))

I spread the creamy garlic on a piece of toast, drizzled a tiny bit more of olive oil on it, sprinkled a tiny amount of salt, pepper over it.  I began to eat it... I really loved it!  This would be wonderful with spaghetti!  (I know... you all already probably been eating garlic like this ... I never buy garlic, Skip doesn't like it.  Sometimes, I do use garlic salt on a steak :)))

Now... how to get the garlic scent gone!  I'm sure I will have garlic breath tomorrow!  Does anyone know how to make the garlic smell go away?

I saw how to prepare the garlic on a video, it looked so good... I had to try it.  I love things I haven't ever tried before.  If anyone has any good tips about the Edamame pods, or garlic.... let me know!

I know that Edamame peas can be made into 'hummus' ... instead of using chickpeas, one can make hummus with Edamame peas, using cilantro, and such.  I love hummus.

Skip doesn't like 'everything' I like... especially garlic!!!  But, he understands that we 'are going to have our differences'!  :)))