Toe to toe with a boot on a boot day (phrase):
To stand your ground or face a difficult person or situation at the worst possible time, when everything is already going wrong. It means dealing with pressure on top of pressure, and still not backing down.
An expression signifying that one is especially proud of a batch of food that they have prepared.
A metaphor, likely originating from the fact that the foot is thought of as dirty, and dirt may equal seasoning, and the toe was used to add this extra "seasoning" to food. Nobody, of course, literally put their toe into a batch of food; this expression is purely metaphorical to my knowledge.
Grandson: "Grandmama, this mac 'n cheese taste good."
Grandma: "Mhm, I stirred it with my big toe!"
Grandson: "Huh?"