The Rooster's Fried Egg Sandwich

per his instructions.....
toast 2 slices of wheat bread
fry an egg....make sure it is all the way cooked
put mayo on the bread
cut slices of tomato (without cutting your finger...)
put the tomato on the bread
put the egg on top of the tomato
put some onion on top of the egg (YUK!!)
then some avocado
then some cooked bacon
then some ketsup and mustard
then some ham (YUM!)
then some lettuce.
THEN YOU EAT IT!
I think it all started when I was expecting The Rooster....I became very addicted to the Food Network. And the boy loves to cook. And he is pretty good at it too. He likes to make "special sauces" and all kinds of other things. The Farmer is known to ask The Rooster to whip him up a little something.....often. And The Rooster likes to do things for that Farmer.
He makes a killer....Fried Ramen Soup.....Oh, I think we will save that for another day.
Here's to Chef Rooster....that is one tasty sandwich !

Sweet Relish

This is Little Rooster...He is one happy boy...why you ask?
Today was SWEET RELISH day at our house. Little Rooster can't eat anything with smothering it in SWEET RELISH. Today we bottled 48 pints, enough to last us awhile. It is a wonderful recipe one that has been passed through our community for many years. A tried and true recipe. Cucumbers are abundant right now, so the time was right.
Little Rooster's Favorite Sweet Relish

24 lg. cucumbers - unpeeled

8 lg. onions

8 lg. green peppers

1 lg. red pepper

*grind above ingredients and drain juice. I have an attachment to my Kitchen Aid, that is a food grinder, it works great. After liquid is drained, place in a large stock pot and add:

1 T. turmeric

8 T. salt

4 tsp. mustard seed

8 tsp. celery seed

1 tsp. powdered cloves

10 c. sugar

1 1/2 qts. apple cider vinegar

Boil all together for 20 minutes. Hot pack in sterile jars and steam process for 10 minutes.