Pork & Mushrooms, Slow Cooker; the ultimate book

Itโ€™s timeโ€ฆ.

Yes, I got out the slow cooker.

No, I did not use it over the summer to โ€˜keep the kitchen coolโ€™.

I keep my kitchen cool by sending mon mari out to the barbecue to do the cookingโ€ฆ Much more efficient.

But the weather has cooled, he ran out of charcoal and gas, so the cooking has returned to the kitchen.

Itโ€™s a nice time of year, however, with all of the herbs having a bit of a come-back in the fall weather.

This is an autumnal dish, with fall herbs and mushrooms.

I know the food police say not to, but I stir the food in my slow cooker once, half way through the cooking time โ€“ because I am here and I can. I just like to get the flavors blended and the meat turned and tucked into the veggie / sauce.

And because I want to. Do it or not as suits you and your schedule.

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Pork & Mushrooms, Slow Cooker

Pork always stays moist and tender when cooked slowly.

  • Author: Katie Zeller
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 6 hours
  • Total Time: 6 hours 10 minutes
  • Yield: 2 servings 1x
  • Category: Slow Cooker

Ingredients

Scale
  • 12oz (360gr) boneless pork, cut into 3 or 4 pieces
  • 4oz (120gr) mushrooms, trimmed, chopped
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tbs fresh parsley, chopped
  • 1 tbs fresh sage, chopped
  • 1 tbs Dijon-style mustard
  • 3/4 cup (6oz, 180ml) beef stock
  • 1 tbs tapioca
  • 1/3 cup (3oz, 90gr) Greek yogurt

Instructions

  • Put onions and mushrooms in the slow cooker.
  • Top with chops in a single layer.
  • Mix all remaining ingredients, except yogurt, and pour over chops.
  • Cover and cook, low heat, for 3 hours.
  • Uncover, quickly give it a stir and turn the chops.(optional)
  • Cover and cook for 3 hours.
  • Uncover, stir in yogurt and serve.

Notes

Tapioca is a great thickener for slow cookersโ€ฆ. just sprinkle it in and forget about it.ย 
I donโ€™t brown any of the ingredients โ€“ itโ€™s easier, quicker and I donโ€™t notice a difference.
You can use sour cream instead of the yogurt

Keywords: slow cooker, pork, mushrooms

Pork & Mushrooms, Slow Cooker

I like wordsโ€ฆ. And I like books.

So, when I chanced on a article about the Oxford English Dictionary my little heart started to flutter excitedly.

Iโ€™m not talking about the small, paperback version you might have tucked away some place.

Or even the decent, 2-volume edition.

Iโ€™m talking about the whole, 20-volume edition with over 22,000 pages and more than 220,000 entries.

It has current words, slang words and obsolete wordsโ€ฆ over 45,000 obsolete words!ย  I want to read the obsolete words!

I took the obvious next step and went to Amazon to check availability and prices.

On US Amazon I can get it in โ€˜micrographicโ€™ form, with magnifier, for a mere $400.00.

Other than that I can get Concise versions, Compact versions, Childrenโ€™s versions but not the whole, 20-volume set in normal, readable print.

At UK Amazon, I can get a used set of the 20 books for around $700.00 plus another $10.00 for shipping (??) and a new set for around $1000.00 โ€“ same shipping. (Do they realize itโ€™s 20 books?)

Another approach would be to just subscribe to the Oxford English Dictionary site, which is more practical for schools, businesses, etc, because they have immediate access to updates. Thatโ€™s only about $300.00 per year.

But a subscription wouldnโ€™t give me the books to hold and flip through and get lost in.

I believe, for now (and forever), the OED is going to be tucked away on the โ€˜wish listโ€™.

Mon mari is normally very happy to build anything I ask for, but, not sharing my love of words orย physical books, he might, shall we say, look askance if I request a new, large bookcase for a dictionary.

For those who want to know moreโ€ฆ. there are rather a lot of books written about this dictionary but The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, is recommeneded.

Work began on the dictionary in 1857 and has continued to this day.

Hawkeye, in M*A*S*H, when asked the โ€˜what book do you want if youโ€™re stranded on a desert islandโ€™ question answered: โ€˜The dictionary โ€“ all the other books are in there.โ€™

8 thoughts on โ€œPork & Mushrooms, Slow Cooker; the ultimate bookโ€

  1. I have a pork tenderloin Iโ€™m doing tomorrow, but itโ€™s the only cut of pork I wonโ€™t do in the crockpot. Iโ€™ve tried twice. Once was rubbery and one was dry. I wasnโ€™t happy with the results. I think itโ€™s too expensive to do that way anyway though. At least in my area. A shoulder comes out wonderfully, but Iโ€™ll stick to the sear and roast for the tenderloin. Iโ€™ll have to try this on some boneless chops though because it sounds delicious!

    I have an antique copy of volume A of the OED. I love antique books though and came across it at an estate sale here and just couldnโ€™t pass it up. But itโ€™s just A. I donโ€™t know if the others were there or not. I didnโ€™t see them.

    • Iโ€™ve never done pork tenderloin either. I usually do pork loin chops. The tenderloin I cook quickly and itโ€™s always good, I love antique books, too. Even having just A would be wonderful ๐Ÿ™‚

  2. That looks delicious!! We love adding mushrooms to pork stew (our slow cooker is a pot on the back of the stoveโ€ฆ), but the last time, the only mushrooms we had were dried porcini that we reconstituted before putting them into the stew. Ha. Now, weโ€™re always going to do that!

    • I used to (and still do, sometimes) use my oven as slow cooker โ€“ esp for slow roasting. I have no idea what the book is like, but I love the idea of a book about a dictionaryโ€ฆ.. kind of mobius strip-like

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