This week we travel out west to Payson, AZ. First things first though, I’ve never been to Arizona. This cookbook somehow made its way to Hot Springs Village, AR where I picked it up. Oh the tales these books could tell.
Payson, AZ was established in 1882 and was originally named Green Valley. A post office arrived in 1884 with the help of Illinois Representative Levi Joseph Payson. The town’s name was changed in his honor.
Payson is home to the World’s Oldest And Continuous Rodeo. The Rodeo began in 1884 and has continued to be held each year since. Das a long time!
Western author Zane Grey wrote several of his books with Payson as the setting. He loved the area so much that he bought some land of his own.
Each year Payson holds the Old Time Fiddlin’ Arizona State Championship. Now that’s something I’d like to see!
On to the recipe!
This week I chose a dish out of the book, “The Versatile Zucchini Cookbook: Compiled by Anglican Church Women, Church Of The Holy Nativity”. First of all, how fitting that a cookbook be dedicated to one vegetable! Somebody was living zucchini every night when they thought this idea up😆
While flipping thru the cookbook, I stopped at Zucchini And Garbanzos Oregano. Garbanzo beans and zucchini together? Let’s do it!
Couple things:
- This calls for a ”dash” of cayenne pepper. Apparently my “dash” was too big and I made it entirely too hot for us. Fun fact about me, if I don’t know there is cayenne pepper in a dish then I will go into a coughing fit. I’ll just leave it out next time.
- I fixed my blunder by combining it with another dish that I’ll share in a few days. Y’all stay tuned.
Try this! It’s tasty…just lose the cayenne pepper😆😆
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