We hadn't given Paige her own ear of corn yet this year and I wasn't sure how she'd do ... but we gave it a go. We cut an ear in half, stuck the pokers in and set it down in front of her .... at which point she just looked back at us like, "What would you like me to do with this?" So Ryan went over and showed how how to eat off it ... at which we got a look that would have said, "Dad, you're crazy!" Then she tried to poke her fork at it ... seeing if she could get some off that way ... but nope, that didn't work. It wasn't until we had Riley show her how to do it that she finally took a good bite into it. And once she got that first bite into it, she was off. I looked back about 5 minutes later and she had CLEARED the ear and was wanting more.
Yep, Grandpa Jim was probably smiling down on her at that moment.
(And as a side note, we have pictures of Riley doing the exact same thing at almost the same age.)
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Down south the older population (read: 70+) sit out with their pick-ups under canopies and sell their produce...tomatoes and watermelon are the big sellers around here.
I had NEVER seen anyone eat a tomato sandwich until I started working at Baptist. White bread, mayo, fat slices of tomato, salt. Slowly over the years they have made me a follower. Who knew? It's a summertime staple for a lot of folks around here.
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