As many of my readers know, in order to have boneless pork chops of a thickness I want I buy pork loin roasts and cut my own.
Roasts here are always tied tightly to be perfectly oval, and often have a layer of thin fat wrapped around them (like bacon, but with no lean).
I always look at both exposed … Continue reading.....
I have written often on the fact that I don’t eat spicy foods.
No sambal oelek for me, although mon mari loves it and we always buy some at the Asian supermarket.
I will have a few drops of the green Tabasco, but never the red.
It’s really the heat from peppers, capsaicin, that I avoid. Other types of heat,like … Continue reading.....
I hate new stuff.
Actually, I love new stuff if I initiate it
I very much hate new stuff that is thrust upon me.
More about that later…. First – the pork.
I have become so accustomed to pork tenderloins weighing around 14oz (420gr) that it never occurred to me that the pork from our new butcher might be different. … Continue reading.....
I posted a recipe for Grilled Chicken Breasts with Ginger Barbecue Sauce last month.
The Barbecue Sauce is the same – but it’s so good it deserves to be repeated.
Actually, there is enough barbecue sauce for both the chicken and pork, so I usually make one batch of sauce and grill both within the week.
The marinades, however, are … Continue reading.....
We love sage.
One of the first dishes I make in the fall, when we switch to indoor cooking, is Veal Saltimbocca.
The sage was looking gorgeous, but it was still too hot for cooking inside.
We compromised…..
He tossed a few wood chips on the grill as well, to add a bit of smokey flavor.
We were happy.… Continue reading.....
This is the same type pf pork loin that I buy and slice into chops.
Sometimes I leave a large piece to do as a roast – so mon mari can have sliced pork sandwiches.
Or we can just have leftovers and be lazy for a change.
I like using fresh ginger for this. You can usually buy just a … Continue reading.....
I bought a beef roast here, a long time ago.
Or, I should say, I thought I was buying a beef roast.
The label said that it was beef for roasting so I assumed it was a beef roast.
Note the key word in that sentence – ‘assumed’.
It was actually about two dozen beef short ribs all tied together … Continue reading.....
I actually bought bone-in pork chops!
I rarely do because they are usually very thin with lots of fat. I prefer thick and lean so I cut my own.
Tastes are slowly changing here, however. Ten years ago I couldn’t buy sweet corn or butternut squash and the only ribs available were beef short ribs for stock.
Now, in addition … Continue reading.....
