Cooking For Each Other For The First Time

Well, while I am sitting here waiting for my first attempt at Cuban bread to come to a hopefully successful conclusion, I thought I may share the wonderful story of our first meals cooked together. Once I learned that Shannon loved cajun food I absolutely had to make her a muffuletta sandwich since I knew about this great bakery that I could get the bread from. She absolutely loved it, unfortunately due to the olive content and the capers she had a slight issue with the swelling from the sodium. All that aside we had a great evening and I could not wait until she cooked for me.

Now Shannon has been cooking since she was about 6 years old and she does make the best damned catfish and hush puppies, her mom's recipe, that I have ever had. When we met I actually watched what I ate and was working out pretty regularly. She made fried chicken, gravy and rice, and some amazing cornbread. I knew then that I was in some SERIOUS trouble. This was the most amazing, down home, southern, comfort food I had ever had. I was in love. Yet another BONUS! Ever since those first meals we have eaten very well. Sometime too well. Shannon is such an amazing and talented woman, and we have so much fun together. As for next time, look forward to our first mega, event filled first trip.