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Corn muffins: Mexican style

It is no secret that Karl gets royal treatment and has since I brought him home at 7 weeks of age. But, although he has shared my tidbits from the table, he does not take from the table!

But then… I made a batch of corn muffins.

Digressing a bit, the recipe comes from this cookbook, circa 1976:

This was a church women’s project from a Silver City, NM church.

I love this recipe. I often make it as muffins. I tinkered using 1 cup frozen corn instead of canned, jalapenos instead of green chiles (the canned green chiles we get are bland) and I put 1/2 the batter in a food processor and blend it smooth so the muffins are slightly less “chunky” than the original. It takes about 5 minutes to mix and get in the oven.

Karl LOVES these corn muffins! Jalapenos and all.

Seriously, he knows when they come out of the oven and anytime I grab one he is right there. He gets more excited over jalapeno corn muffins than meat… jalapeno!! – they are “hot”!

Corn muffins: Mexican style.

Beardog in the mist

From this morning. That bit of blue at Karl’s chin is his lighted collar.

After a short spurt of Winter, we are back to slush and a dreary mess. But the gray and the mist have their own beauty. And it is both the wonder of “what will it be today” and the mix of things that weave the tapestry of life…and I’m not speaking of only the weather :).

Happy Wednesday!

Lookin’ for sunshine

Just before NinePipes, the Mission Mountains started making an appearance. We headed for Charlo and the National Bison Range area.

Charlo, MT was originally a trail crossing for freighters hauling grain and other goods from the rich Ronan Valley to the railroad at Dixon. The place was first called Big Flat, then Charlotte, and later Charlo, in honor of Chief Charlo of the Flatheads, one of the few chiefs who refused to sign Special Commissioner James A. Garfield’s order (August 27, 1872) removing all Indians of the region to the Jocko reservation. Joseph Dixon, a governor and US Senator, was instrumental in establishing the name Charlo.

The Bison Range is technically in Moise, MT but most know Charlo as the “gateway”.

This was my first visit to the range.

Not even buffalo, antelope or elk…

White tail deer, though.

And a river runs through it.

And there was sunshine.

What Karl and I saw

Karl and I took a run to town for supplies – solo – the man is hunting in Eastern MT…actually – chaperoning a youth group hunt.

On the way for supplies, I stopped at the dump and the road out of the dump provided a bit of Fall flavor.

I’ve shot from here before.

From the same spot, but to the West – a snow squall moves south with a bit of sun showing the golden larch in front of the squall.

That’s what Karl and I saw.