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Dinner from the garden. Tomatoes, herbs, and squash off the patio, and eggplants and zucchini from my old neighbor’s garden down the road. Mushrooms from the farmer’s stand on the island. All coming together with some pasta and Parmesan cream sauce. It was delicious. Who wants dinner?
It’s a labor of love. I’m sore, I’m a little sunburnt, and I’m so physically tired. But I love it so much. Nothing feels like home more than going out to the marsh bays and catching shrimp with my dad. My sister and I grew up along the muddy bays learning to catch shrimp. I remember us bobbing along as young children in his small metal John Boat. We were happy that my sister felt good enough to join, we did MAKE her wear a life jacket today though. No seizing into that muggy water for her. Lol.
Shrimping for us is different from the big commercial boats you see. Our process includes 10 bamboo poles, some bait balls, a cast net, and a long day. If we’re lucky. We take home the limit: a cooler full.
No matter how exhausting of a day it is, if we get back at a decent time. I make a point to cook a meal with some of that fresh shrimp. You don’t get fresher than that. Tonight’s meal was blackened Carolina shrimp, from-scratch Alfredo sauce, and fettuccine! Y’all… I wish I could share. It was as good as it looks.