Yesterday afternoon, when I got home from work, I concocted a marinade for chicken breasts and it went something like this: zest of a lime, juice from the lime, salt, pepper, jalapeño pepper diced, parsley chopped, triple-sec, a small bit of tequila. Then I realized the wrongness of opening a bottle of tequila to cook with it only. So I poured a shot and added some lime and lemon juice and got on with my business. The late afternoon flies by when you have a warm spot of tequila in your belly. If you think that the tequila needs a partner, I suggest cranking some Stevie Wonder on the stereo.
To round out dinner, we had a tomato from my parent’s garden, fresh yellow squash with onions and corn on the cob. As we were eating, I ticked off all the items from our fair Hanover County–tomato, yellow squash, jalapeño pepper, corn. The better-half said something to the effect of it’s good to live in Hanover.