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Just realized some may not be familiar with Rotel. Adds just a little kick to the grits. If you want more, use two cans of Rotel and leave off the other can of petite diced tomatoes.

http://www.ro-tel.com/Diced-Tomatoes-Products/Original-Canned-Diced-Tomatoes-and-Chilies

SRH

Stan,
Thanks for the info.
Mike

Geez, and I thought Rotel was the oil you use in your diesels. It would give the grits a little extra character.

If you think Rotel over grits is good, try this:
Shrimp and Grits
4 cups coarse ground grits, prepared with half milk and half water according to package instructions.
4 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons flour
2 cups half and half
1 pound small shrimp, peeled and roughly chopped
1 tablespoon sherry
Pinch cayenne pepper
Salt and pepper to taste
Melt butter in saucepan. Whisk in flour. Cook over low heat for about 2 minutes. Add half and half slowly, whisking constantly. Cook over medium heat until mixture thickens. Add shrimp and allow to cook in sauce for not more than 10 minutes on low heat, until pink. Season to taste. Mix can be refrigerated and reheated on stove top or microwave before serving. To serve, place grits in covered casserole. Have shrimp sauce in separate covered casserole. Serve sauce over grits. From Savannah Entertains by Martha Giddens Nesbit. Great recipe and not hard to make.

OK Stan, GA dove season finally opens day after tomorrow. We've followed the preparation of your sunflower field through the Summer. How about a pic or two of the finished product ready for Saturday's opener? Feel free to allow a drove or two of doves to appear in the pics!...Geo

Wouldn't mind seeing a few double guns with doves falling amidst the sunflowers as well, Stan.

Regards, Tim

Here you go guys. This is the culmination of all the work on the field.

We had a great lunch again (we're better at that than we are at shooting!). Pulled pork, low country boil, macaroni and cheese casserole, and finished off with banana pudding and fresh-out-of-the-oven chocolate chip cookies.





After satiating our hunger for food we sat around for about three hours. The only game on TV was the Clemson/SC State game. I wasn't really interested in it, so I contented myself, as many did, by relaxing and catching up on a year's stories, since many of us hadn't been together in that long. Lots of youngsters (of all ages) .





As I said, we went to the field about 4 p.m. and the shooting started immediately. As is my tradition now, I opened the season with my little Yildiz .410 S x S. It has done me proud for the previous two years' opening days, and I felt inclined to wring it out again. Grandson Jackson (11) was using a Rem. 1100 LT 20, other grandson Lane was shagging birds again. The little rascal loves his job!! And he's so good at it he has gained the attention of several of the men, one of whom is so jealous he offered to buy my "retriever". Said he was the best retriever he had ever seen in his life. He ain't for sale, I've grown kinda partial to him, myself. You can see that, even though Jackson, who is in the background behind Lane, has shot with me for three years since age 8, I still keep him close by and under my direct supervision.



We called it a day about 6 p.m., so as to allow the birds to feed before too late. Jackson wanted to stick with it until he got his first limit (he killed 14 one day last year at age 10), but was mature enough to understand it was time to pee on the fire and call the dogs. He ended the day with 11, still not bad for his age. I got my limit early with the Yildiz, and sat there with them for the rest of the shoot hoping for a ringnecked dove or two to come by, and helping Jackson watch for doves. Here's my pride and joy together with Jackson's bag, and then a pic of the Yildiz and it's booty.





That's it for now I guess. Oh yeah. One more thing. The Yildiz did get a bonus as we were leaving for home. I wouldn't use a 3" load on him, figuring that 1/2 oz. of #8s should be just about right at 10 feet. It was.



I'll probably post a few more pics as we shoot the field some more, but it's been fun. Thanks to those of you who have followed it all the way, these last 5 months, and have sent questions and encouragements. Thanks to my Creator, most of all, for giving me a start to another dove season. Only He, and I, know how much I really appreciate it.

SRH

Thanks for a wonderful thread Stan. That mac-n-cheese with the pulled pork looks excellent. Care to tell the ingredients of the bottle marked "Swamp Juice".

Great story Stan - start to finish. Land of pleasant living down there, for sure.

Fine looking young men you have there, Stan! Glad the opener was a success for all of you. Have much enjoyed the installments and progression. Looks like you drew near perfect weather as well, so perhaps that helps make up for the extra week's worth of wait;-)

Kind regards, tw