Many of us who love to play with food live with folks who are made happy by a plain “meat and potatoes” meal. I made Bill happy last night with pork chops, baby potatoes & brussels sprouts done very simply … Continue reading
Here’s a great use for excess lettuce! Use a head or two of Romaine or other leafy lettuce to give a soup extra veggie goodness. The soup is puréed before adding the cheese, so consider that when deciding how finely you need to … Continue reading
Here’s a very easy and quick meal. Pork tenderloin can be very dry and bland but cooked quickly it’s flavor is enhanced with the butter, salt & pepper. You could certainly dress this up with a dollop of something. Roasted … Continue reading
I’ve had a facsimile edition of Fannie Merritt Farmer‘s Boston Cooking School book for many years. It’s pages are yellow and brittle not much fun to page through anymore in it’s awful condition. So I was very happy to find … Continue reading
Now, is that a strange post title or what? Well, a bit of research finds “the etymology of daisy ham” in the Dictionary of American Regional English, findable via Google books. It seems Daisy wasn’t a brand name, although it … Continue reading
Our local grocery stores are suddenly full of picnic hams! This Connecticut girl is thrilled! I grew up eating picnic hams. A New England boiled dinner of picnic ham, cabbage, potatoes, and carrots was the meal I made for my … Continue reading
This is something different to do with shredded pork, something that doesn’t involve any barbecue sauce. Imagine that! This has three basic ingredients: Shredded pork Romaine lettuce Caesar salad dressing Procedure: Fry the shredded pork in a dry fry pan. … Continue reading
Another semester of teaching at supper time is fast upon us so it’s very fortuitous that lots of meat sales are going on. I had already bought a fresh roasting chicken at one store yesterday but today found both pork … Continue reading
I’m becoming more and more enamored of my enameled cast iron grill pan. It’s great for quickly cooking chops and as described in a previous post, hamburgers. A lightly oiled, pre-heated grill pan allows you to cook meat without much … Continue reading
Hams were on sale last week for Easter. We’ve been making meals of a very tasty smoked bone-in ham since Friday. By tonight, we had gotten to the bone with a bit of meat left on it. No sense wasting … Continue reading
