Texas Caviar
Mix in large bowl:
- 1 can pinto beans, drained
- 1 can black eyed peas, drained
- 1 can white shoepeg corn, drained
- 1 can black beans, drained
- 1 cup chopped green, red, yellow peppers (I read this as 1 cup of each color)
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 small jar chopped pimentos
- 1 small can diced jalepenos
Combine the following, bring to boil, then immediately cool:
- 1 cup salad oil, not olive
- 1/2 cup cider vinegar (this is smelly stuff!)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
After cooling liquid mixture, pour over top of bean mix. Cover and refrigerate a few hours to overnight. Serve with tortilla chips.
A couple of notes about making this. It's delicious, but don't make it on date night with your new girlfriend/boyfriend because your resulting breath could definitely be a turnoff! When heating the vinegar/oil mixture, make sure your fan is turned on. As soon as the mixture boils, take it off the burner immediately, but don't move it too far from the fan, as it will still be emitting stinky fragrances. Storing this dip in glassware is the smartest thing to do, as it won't hold onto the smell like plasticware will. If served within a few hours of making, it will have more of a sweet flavor. Once stored overnight it takes on a more twangy note.
Bottom line: Just try it once! I think you'll love it!
I'll get to the gloves in a moment...
Today was a really fun day. My mom and grandparents came to Wichita today from Southwest Kansas/Northwest Oklahoma. We had a great day together, just hanging out and enjoying playing with Isabella. My sister also joined in the fun since she lives just across town from us. My granddad helped Luke start a growth chart he's making for Isabella. I'll post pictures when it's finished. It's rather involved (thanks to a Mommy with a great imagination), so it might be awhile before it's all finished. I honestly hope it will be something we keep in our home forever; that's how special I want it to be.
After the rest of our family left, Leslie stayed and hung out with Luke, Isabella and I. Once Isabella was in bed, Luke pulled out our Guitar Hero 5 game and we did our best to rock from our seats in the recliners. We recently turned our heat down a couple of degrees, and while playing my hands and fingers were getting so cold! I said, "I wish I had some fingerless gloves so I could keep my fingers warm and still play." Then it hit me! I bought a couple pairs of cheap knit gloves last winter (2 pairs for 50 cents cheap) and I could make my own fingerless gloves! After hunting through the hall closet I found 3 gloves (who knows where the other one has gone). I cut the fingers off one pair, and whala! fingerless gloves! I don't think they'll last long like this since they're already fraying a little around where I cut them, but they did help keep my hands warm while playing!
Tomorrow I'm making Texas Caviar for the Super Bowl, and I'll share the recipe, too!
