Pig Roast with the La Caja China
Well, the pig roast was a success. We used our model #2 La Caja China roasting box to cook the pig. This was our second time using the box and we had much better results. I took pretty good notes this time and will pass along what we’ve learned.
We started with a 54# pig that [...]
Cooking a Pig Tomorrow!
Tomorrow is my youngest daughters 16th Birthday. For the party, we will be cooking a whole pig in our La Caja China pig roaster. It’s our second time using it and I’m really getting pumped up. We have a 54# pig on ice. The butcher butterflied it for us too. [...]
Kalbi Beef – TKDRecipes
I spent 3 years as a teen in Korea on a US Naval Base. I came to like some of the Korean foods I was introduced too (not KimChee). Bulgoki is really popular and we make it a lot but my favorite is Kalbi Beef. It’s different cut of beef than Bulgoki and is easy [...]
Wild Paw Paw Fruit
We discovered we have a patch of wild Paw Paw fruit trees behind our greenhouse. It’s the only tropical fruit native to the USA. They are quite tasty. They have a custardy, banana like flavor with a hint of mango and coconut. The mango comes out much more as they ripened and the inside goes [...]
Fun Cuisine: Ziploc Omelets
Boil in bag Omelets, aka Ziploc Omlets, looked like a fun thing to try on a holiday morning. A mild controversy exists over the toxicity of the plastic (food grade plastic) and it’s transference to the food do to heat. The way I look at it, we cook in plastic bowls in the microwave all [...]
Awesome White Chicken Chili – TKDrecipes.com
We have a Chili Competition coming up and last year we took first place in both competitions we entered. I was somewhat surprised though that 2nd place went to a White Chili. Not a big fan of that kind of chili normally.
We decided we enter our usual chili and also a white one. We needed [...]
Syrian Red Lentil Soup
We’ve been making this soup for about the past year. It’s a family favorite and best of all, it’s cheap and tasty which means it’s a regular on the menu in our household.
As far as I can discern, it’s a soup with Jewish roots and has spread across the Middle East into Syria, Turkey, Iraq, [...]
Chicken Meatballs and Stroganoff
We made this one tonight. I have a new favorite meatball.
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Coconut Fish Curry – TKD
Here’s dish I came up with tonight. I couldn’t find anything that quite fit what I wanted for my first fish curry. I looked at a good dozen recipes and came up with this one. It’s pretty awesome. My wife has declared it her favorite curry of all time. Being from the UK, that [...]
Sourdough Starter – TKD
Here’s the starter recipe. It’s nothing elaborate. A basic starter is just water and flour in a warm place and wait for the bubbling to start. I added a bit of buttermilk powder to mine. If you don’t have any, I wouldn’t run out and buy it just for this. Some recipes call for milk [...]
Grilled Pork Loin Sandwich
Being in the real estate business during these economic times means we want to stretch the leftovers along. This one started off with some leftover garlic marinated pork loin.
Nothing to exciting, but I was reading about the Cuban Sandwich and wanted to make one myself. I drifted off the recipe so don’t send me hate [...]
Best True Sourdough Bread Yet
Mmmm. …. Crusty sourdough goodness.
We finally had success in baking a loaf of Sourdough bread without added commercial yeast!
Susan took over the job and came out with a winner. It’s taken a lot of experimenting but we may have it down now. It isn’t done quickly but here is what worked for us. It was [...]
Lamb Burgers
We tried these the other night and they came out very nice. Susan has declared that this is her new favorite burger. We cooked them over Hickory Charcoal on the BBQ.
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Trials and Tribulations in Sourdough Bread
Ok, I wanted to go old school and make some honest to god sourdough bread without using any commercial yeast. Our Sourdough Pancakes have become a regular feature for Sunday Brunch in our home. They are the best pancakes we’ve had and we are hoping to get the same results with our bread.
Yesterday I did [...]
What to do with leftover Pork Chops
I had 1+ pork chops leftover from our previous nights adventures. A favorite for leftover meats in our family is is to make a quick Curry. Here’s what we did tonight.
Recipe: Pork Chop Yellow Curry
Summary: Curry made with leftovers
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1.25 ea cooked pork chop
3.5 T Yellow Curry powder
1T Cumin Powder
1T Ground Corriander
1t Salt
1t Ground [...]
Pork Chops with Mushroom Dijon Sauce
This low carb recipe is pretty awesome. If you have an appropriately sized skillet (I like cast iron for this), the pork chops will braise and remain tender and juicy. You still need to keep an eye on them and let them just barely simmer when cooking. Boil them and you get shoe leather, so [...]
Organic Deer Repellent Recipe – Non-Clogging
Deer Repellent Recipe
In the neighborhood we live, Deer are constantly moving through our yard. If measures aren’t taken, they will eat everything they find. In fact, each year we’ve lived here, we have found new born fawns in our backyard awaiting their mothers return in our bushes.
This year I was slow to spray my bushes [...]
Scallops with White Wine & Basil Cream Sauce
Both our girls have shellfish allergies so we don’t have many opportunities to cook it. This weekend we found ourselves empty nester’s and that always means seafood.
We’ve been making this recipe for years. I don’t even remember where it came from but it was before the Internet so it probably originated in a cookbook. Over [...]
Sourdough Bread
Tonight we continue on with my latest interest, Sourdough. I still haven’t posted my Sourdough Starter recipe but you can plenty of good ones with Google. We made a large loaf of Sourdough Bread. This is the 3rd loaf from this batch of starter.
This is the first time I’ve used terracotta for a baking stone. [...]
Spanakopita with Ground Turkey
Tonight was our second night in the adventures with ground Turkey. I decided to make an old favorite, Spanakopita but add the ground Turkey (or chicken). I first had Spanakopita when we lived in Arcata CA and had bought some from the deli at the Arcata Co-op. It was really good, buttery and surprising as [...]
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- Cooking a Pig Tomorrow!
- Kalbi Beef – TKDRecipes
- Wild Paw Paw Fruit
- Fun Cuisine: Ziploc Omelets
- Awesome White Chicken Chili – TKDrecipes.com
- Syrian Red Lentil Soup
- Chicken Meatballs and Stroganoff
- Coconut Fish Curry – TKD
- Sourdough Starter – TKD
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- Best True Sourdough Bread Yet
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- Trials and Tribulations in Sourdough Bread
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