It is a pork night. Tonight - drunken pork. Pork loin chops cooked in olive oil with fennel seeds, bay leaves and red wine.

 

Wow! I was the one that was going to cook a big ham tonight, I backed out, and everyone else ate pork.

 

My wife will be swallowing pork later I might also add

 

Lol. I laughed a lot on that one

 

A little weenie?

 

Vienner sausages as we used to say

 

Got the piggy all dressed up, wrapped up and tucked into the stove for a nice long warm nap.

 

Can I come over?

 

Asian food, cooked by the wife.



From left to right....

Fried Wontons, Kimchi and a sweetened soy sauce mix, a crispy flat bread, pepper cheese, olives, tomatoes, and lettuce, Thai noodles in a spicy peanut sauce, Pulgogi Japchae (the noodles in the yellow bowl) and Pajeon,a Korean vegetable pancake.

Well, I said it was all cooked by my wife, but I actually made the fried wontons.

 

I don't know if there will be enough, it only weighed about 16lbs.


Seriously though, I've cooked a lot of hams in my day and these that I've been getting from Conecuh when I go to the Gulf are the best ones I've ever eaten. Been cooking them exactly like they suggest (it comes with a Conecuh recipe book).

1/2 cup of Mustard

1 box dark brown sugar

1/4 - 1/2 cup of Coke

Can of pineapple rings in thick syrup

Mix first 3 together into a paste and paint it all over the ham. Hang the pineapple rings on with toothpicks. Wrap in foil in a deep roasting pan and cook on 350 for 20-25 minutes per pound.

I've found it doesn't seem to take that long, I put a couple of probe thermometers in it with remote readout and just cook it until they both hit 160.

 

Hah! You and your pork products.


Let me know when you want some BBQ ribs. I've got plenty to go around....

 

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Fine.

 

The whole house is just full of the scent of a smoked ham. They should make a candle or air freshener in this scent, lol.

 

Grilling Chicken in 40 degree weather. It's chilly out here.

 

Mark that grill is too clean lol

 

Not bad for an old grill. I keep it clean. There's been two fires in it so far that required an extinguisher.

 

Home made three cheese (ricotta, gorgonzola and parmigiano) tortellini with a home made alfredo sauce.

 

Yum!

 

Froot loops with 2% milk