I enjoy planning meals – steak one night, maybe salmon the next, then fried chicken, pot roast, pulled pork, lasagna and the list goes on – of main dishes. Vegetables are an afterthought. If I could have Fordhook lima beans and mashed potatoes with every meal it would suit me, but in Cooking 101 it says you must have other vegetables from time to time. There is one fresh, … [Read more...]
Killer Pork Loin Chops
About once a month, most grocery stores will offer a huge sale on whole pork loins. Sometimes, less than two-bucks a pound. Dollar for dollar, you can’t beat the price as it is all meat and little waste. Trouble is that pork loins and pork loin chops can be dry and tasteless because there is little or no fat. I usually don’t buy loins because of that. But there is a way to take … [Read more...]
A Pot of Beans
For 40 years, I was camp cook at our biannual gatherings. The main reason I volunteered is that if I had not, we would have had Cheetos and Little Debbie’s for every meal. So, I cooked, and for 40 years I always cooked a big pot of beans every trip. Beans are something most of us don’t often eat at home. That’s because they aren’t very exciting, and wives usually don’t bother with them. Yet, when … [Read more...]
Spiral Ham Slices and Pieces
I ran across an interesting product this week at Wal-Mart. It was Farmland Spiral Ham Slices and Pieces. I had bought this before and remembered it as good. It was – and what a value at $2.98 a pound. The pieces were mostly large, maybe 2 to make a nice sandwich and the ham was delicious. I suppose when they trim all those Spiral Hams to fit neatly in the cellophane packages, … [Read more...]
My Oh My, An Onion Pie
I tried my hand at an Onion Pie recently as a starch to pair with roast beef and as a change of pace from a baked potato. It was very tasty and very easy. Here’s how. You’re going to love the crust – Ritz Crackers and butter. How can you go wrong? Finely crush enough Ritz crackers to make 2 ½ cups, put them in a pie plate and add 1/3 C melted butter. Mix well, then spread across the … [Read more...]
The Devil’s Cookies
The Devil made me do it – bake his cookies, that is. I had a box of Betty Crocker Devil’s Food Cake Mix in my pantry, and I decided to make cookies instead of cake. They were sinfully delicious. If you like ooey, gooey chocolate cookies, give this recipe a try. They are bad to the core and easy to boot. First, get a box of Betty Crocker Devil’s Food Cake Mix. If you are a regular … [Read more...]
Pork Trimmings and Fried Rice
Passing by the meat counter at Kroger’, I saw a package of Pork Trimmings, meat I had never seen before. Upon further examination, the pound and a half package had been reduced to $1.88. Dinner that night was planned on the spot. Pork Fried Rice. Nancy and I have been eating more home-cooked Chinese recently. First, it’s lean and healthy; second, it’s quick; third it’s inexpensive; and finally, … [Read more...]
Signs of Our Times
Thanks To Inflation, More American Families Surviving Solely On Costco Samples … [Read more...]
Magic Cookie Bars
I have a bad habit of going to the grocery store, finding what I want, but then picking up an entirely different product sitting right beside it. I do this more often than I’d care to admit. About a week ago, I needed some evaporated milk for a pumpkin pie. It was on the shelves right above the pumpkin and pie fillings and I put what I though was evaporated milk in my cart, but it turned … [Read more...]
Cooking the Perfect Steak
It’s hard to screw up a good steak. Unless you cook it until every drop of juice is gone and it’s as dry as shoe leather or if you serve it so rare that it crawls off your plate before you can kill it with a steak knife, most any steak will be good. And well it should, because steaks come from the choice parts of a steer, generally the loin or rib area. Steaks are one of the first things … [Read more...]
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