Apr
05
This is a recipe review, which means this is a recipe that I did not personally come up with, but that I tried out and am giving my opinion on how the recipe turned out. For legal reasons I cannot post these recipes, but I can tell you where you can get them yourself. Yesterday …
Mar
31
Easter is fast approaching us, and what most Americans find on the dinner table that day is ham. But not every ham has been created equally. The first thing you need to know about ham is where it comes from. Ham comes from the backside of the pig, hence it’s round shape. Just as on …
Mar
04
The pork chop, a classic American slice of pig. Today I am taking that slice and giving it some serious heat via my grill pan. This recipe begins with a brine. The brine is basically the same one that Alton Brown used on an episode of Good Eats to make a slow cooked pork dish. …
Feb
21
This is a recipe that my mom has been cooking up for years. This recipe was the reason I wanted an electric skillet as it is the perfect thing to cook these pork chops in. Make sure you pick bone-in pork chops, as the bones will bring more flavor to the dish. Also to flavor …
Feb
21
One of the things I cut out of my diet years ago was canned soup. Canned soup is full of sodium and flavor wise is usually one dimensional. My mom has been using cream of mushroom soup for years for a slow-cooked pork chop recipe. I decided I want to make my own cream of …
Jan
22
When buying a whole center cut pork loin, I always slice it into roasts and chops. One of my favorite things to do with those chops is making breaded pork chops. It’s pretty easy to do. These chops are boneless so they are easy to bread and not have to worry about finding a bone …
Jan
07
We are in the heart of winter now. So what’s better to warm up with than a nice bowl of soup. The book “Soup Galore” by Elisabeth Luard provides a lot of different recipes to try. The book begins with sections on traditions, seasonal ingredients, equipment, and how to make stocks. The section on stock …
Jan
05
The most tender part of the pig – the pork tenderloin. It is a versatile piece of pork than you can grill or roast with a wide varieties of flavors. The flavor we are focusing on today is teriyaki – a salty and sweet combination featuring brown sugar and soy sauce. Pork tenderloin is great …
Jan
04
It’s easy to see from my blog that I am a huge Alton Brown fan. So as a huge Alton Brown fan, I cook a lot of his recipes. I decided today to list some of my favorite recipes that I have tried with great success. Clicking on the title of the recipe will take …
Dec
19
For under $2 a pound (I paid $1.79 a pound last time), an entire center cut pork loin is a great deal. The center cut is exactly what it sounds, the center part of the loin area of the pig. Typically it comes as a boneless cut. Here is a picture of the one I …
Welcome to my blog! My name is Eric. I live in Saline, Michigan with my wife (Donna) and two daughters, Hannah (4) and Autumn (1). I started this blog in October 2009 to share my culinary experiences from making my own food from scratch to what I find at farmer's markets and grocery stores.
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