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no savory dish without an onion, but lest your kissing should be spoiled your onions must be fully boiled. ~Jonathan Swift

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Week of the tomato is over

Tomato – Courtesy of acobox.com

Well, Dale survived the week of tomatoes, garlic, and a bit of spice.  It’s not always easy living with someone that has stomach issues (Barrett’s Esophagus) but we survive.  As time goes on, we’ve learned how to modify recipes to meet the his current needs as

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Meal Planning - Attack of the Tomato!

Now that we’re back in the saddle with working five days a week, it’s time to get back to regularly scheduled meal planning.  Having a pork roast in the freezer (self-cut from a whole pork loin!), I looked in one of my Gourmet Magazine Cookbooks for a recipe.  Found a great Hungarian-style pork recipe,

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Pork Roast, Porchetta, Pernil

The past week has had several pork dishes demonstrated on various cooking shows.  I've seen porchetta made by Anne Burrell on her cooking show.  Pernil has been shown on a few different shows.  I started to think about the various pork roast variations by culture. 

Italy

Porchetta is a pork roast predominantly

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You win some, you lose some

This week, I attempted a couple of pork recipes that didn’t go so well.

The first was a pork roast from Gourmet magazine.  The roast was a 1 day wet rub marinade that included black peppercorns, pink peppercorns, garlic, and fennel seed.   For taste, it was great.  Unfortunately, the cut of meat I used

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