Subtropical Blogging...

Thank you all for your kind words of comfort. They were much appreciated.♥

"morning on the ocean"

y now, if you have watched or heard of the program Real Wives of New Jersey, you have heard of the Jersey "table flip". Well, I never did and I was born and raised here, but it seems to be popular in north Jersey. Odd, but interesting.

I watched a few episodes online because it was like watching a train wreck, you're just fascinated that people can actually do those things and think its all normal.


While they might be real housewives they are certainly not typical in any universe I know.
Summer is just a week old and already the weather here this week is awful. Sunny? Check. Blue skies? Check! Lovely fluffy white clouds? Check! Subtropical temps? In full swing!
Humidity?Upwards of 80%.... oh please..It's like the Bahamas at high noon.

I love where I live but honestly I would love to move in the summer to Prince Edward Island or even to Maine because I just crave cooler temperatures and they have lovely beaches too, especially PEI which is on the Gulf Stream.

But summer brings great pleasures, like tomatoes off the vine, fresh picked corn, peppers, hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill , ice cold iced tea and a tall glass of frosty coca cola or homemade root beer or sarsasparilla. Oh.. be still my heart.
As a kid we ate that way all summer long. Mother would pile plates with sliced tomato, fresh garden grown lettuce, water cress from the stream by the house and there would be corn on the cob dripping with melted butter.

Oh wanted to share something with you that I found and think might be helpful .It's for help with cholesterol and stomach problems, even ulcers etc.
You make your coffee but add Cinnamon to it or put a Cinnamon stick in the cup and 4-6 drops of Louisiana hot sauce, or some kind anyway.
Now I don't like hot sauce, but I tried this today.. having a cup right now and it's delicious. My cholesterol is very low but maybe this will help keep it that way.
Cinnamon also helps people with diabetes to stay on track. The hot sauce is good for the stomach and digestion. I found the recipe for this method on Yahoo health and you do NOT taste the hot sauce at all! It really makes a nice cup of coffee and it's good for you too.
The article said the secret to good chocolates is hot sauce in the mix! Who knew??
Feeding pepper to chickens is how you prevent salmonella in them and their eggs.

Yahoo says: "Cayenne, also known as Capsaicin, has been shown to aid digestion, ease muscle pain with topical treatment, relieve cluster headaches, lower cholesterol, prevent heart disease, plus others......Cinnamon goes back to ancient times and has been used to soothe indigestion, prevent stomach ulcers, prevent tooth decay and a whole host of other problems. Science finds that cinnamon has antiseptic qualities and also helps diabetics metabolize sugar."

I found a couple of interesting recipes for coffee made this way andam posting them on my Rock and Roll Cafe.

I will be around today visiting since I really took a while off for other things.
I hope everyone is having the best of summers.