Glenn's Cucumbers

This is one of those dishes I had at a party and just had to get the recipe, I loved them so much. So, here it is...

7 cups thinly sliced cucumbers

1 cup thinly sliced onions

2 cups sugar

1 cup white vinegar

1 tablespoon salt

1 teaspoon celery salt

Mix ingredients and cover. Store in refrigerator for at least

24 hours before serving.

Keeps at least 3 months in the refrigerator when covered.

Southern Green Beans

Once we had these, we had to go back out and get some more green beans to make another, double batch. They are so good! Green beans will never look the same again.

1 pound fresh green beans
4 teaspoons of beef bouillon (optional)
3 cups of water

1 cup of dry white wine
1 red onion, chopped
4-6 slices of uncooked bacon or turkey bacon, chopped into small pieces
Couple of glugs of olive oil
1 teaspoon of each: garlic, paprika, pepper, red pepper flakes (if you like some heat!)

Wash and chop off the stem of the green beans.
Place a pot or dutch oven on the stove and warm to medium heat.
Take the oil and pour it around the pan.
Add the bacon and cook until crispy, then add the onions and spices and cook until golden brown.
Add the water and wine, beef bouillon, if you are using it, and green beans.
Stir and cook on low heat for one hour so all the flavors meld together.

source: Inner Child Food

Artichokes

How to cook them: For about four artichokes, put them in a large pot with about 4-6 quarts of water. Add 1/4 oil (I like olive oil.) 2 tab. lemon juice and 1 tea spoon of salt. Simmer for 40 minutes. Remove from the water with tongs. Their color will have changed from a medium green to a light green.

How to eat them: Pluck the leaves off one at a time and dip the wider part in mayonnaise. Put the part you have put mayo on in your mouth and scrape the "meat" off with your teeth as you pull it out of your mouth.

Once you get the leaves off, peel the fuzzy core off the heart. Throw the fuzzy core away. Cut the heart into pieces, dip in the mayo and enjoy. This is the best part.