Vinegar and peppers.

Everyone has a particular food that just warms their holistic being. That when it's cooking, you can actually feel the release of endorphins in anticipation. For me, collards and kielbasa does it for me every time.

Sylvia's Restaurant™ collards are, IMO, the best. I had been buying Glory™ and just stumbled upon the Sylvia's brand, decided to give them a try. Oh, sooooooo delicious. My mom used to cook collards and cabbage with ham hocks. I cook mine with turkey kielbasa, drizzle the whole mess with vinegar and red pepper flakes--and it's as close to heaven on earth as one can get. I like fresh collards in the summer and fall, too. It's not worth buying them from the grocers around here in winter, so I just eat the canned, which is just as good.

I was remembering some things I did in my youth--and wondering when the time is ripe to reveal these things to my Smeets. There are several facts about my life they don't know about, and someday, well, I think they should be made aware of these things. Especially now, since the inhabitants of my hometown are well-acquainted with my Smeets, something racy, malicious or even untrue might circulate about my Wild Days in MoCo.