Sorry to say, but this site has been so depressing for a few days. I thought I'd ask an average, everyday question....to make us all feel a little more normal today.
I made Eggplant Lasagna, and my BIL and SIL are coming for dinner. They leave for Cali tomorrow to see their beautiful grand daughter.
Sorry, sometimes we just need some REGULAR conversation.......or at least THIS caregiver does.
(who needs balance)
We add fettucini or large elbow mac to our chicken and broth, always.
I'm available if needed in my semi-attached one room cottage behind the lake "house" common rooom (open kitchen and large table with TVs and game system, two baths on one end and a laundry/storage room) but the graduate is hosting. It's perfect for a party and a big reason I invested in this place. The fun and memories are worth the effort. First Sunday in July is a family reunion- the first since my parents stopped hosting one about 20 years ago. I don't have my parent's home with its big shade trees but I will have shade from a few tents and pavilions. By the time the pecan trees are big enough to shade everything well I will probably be too old to host but maybe someone will keep it going.
BTW; it was fun watching the foster son and two older grand-nephews making hamburger patties out of 30 lbs of fresh ground sirloin Friday night! They made 122 patties. I figure what isn't eaten at the party can be put in the freezer and enjoyed later this summer.
Strawberry shortcake!!!!! YUMMO!!!!!!
Enjoy dinner, everyone!
I'm adding a couple of gallons worth to my rainy day pantry; figure I can rotate that much through in a year or less. I do not trust the stability of cartoon storage for longer term so I'll stick with the canned evaporated milk for longer term cooking milk.
I use red wine vinegar in salads too. I do like it in salad dressing. My glaze was, eh…not great.
I do use a fruit based pepper jelly, either peach or pineapple. Unless I find a fool proof glaze recipe I am going to go back to my pepper jelly that I buy at the farmers market.
Apricot on lamb sounds amazing! My favorite lamb dishes are from our Greek festival. Oh my gosh, so delicious!
I once did a lamb roast with an apricot glaze which was great. I can see the pepper jelly would be good on pork. I tend to buy extra of things I can't get easily in the supermarket.
I could use your help! This is the second time I’ve screwed up my pork loin. Oh well…
Maybe, I shouldn’t have tried to cook this evening, kind of bummed out by a few things and my heart wasn’t in it.
I love to cook and I am a pretty good cook but I goofed this time.
I can’t seem to find a glaze that works. The other one didn’t even stick to the loin. This one didn’t taste the way I wanted it to.
Next time I go to the farmers market I’ll be buying 6 jars of my favorite pepper jelly because that makes a great glaze for my pork loin.
Thanks for your suggestions. They sound better than what I cooked! LOL 😆
I was wondering if pineapple, crushed maybe, would be a good sweetener with red wine vinegar on pork, maybe apple sauce or both, hmmm, love both with pork, now I will need to try this idea.
I am getting ready to bake a pork tenderloin. The last time I made it I wasn’t satisfied with the glaze that I made for it. It was a honey mustard glaze that looked good but for some reason it came out kind of bland.
I usually glaze my tenderloin with pepper jelly from a vendor that I love at my farmers market. I’m out of the pepper jelly right now. It comes out delicious when I use the pepper jelly.
Does anyone have a favorite recipe for a glaze suitable for a pork tenderloin?
I don’t use Gold Medal. I buy King Arthur flour.
My grandmother never did any gardening. She did her needlework, crocheting and knitting, etc.
Order take out!
I guess I am so accustomed to bread pudding that I don’t even think of eating rice pudding. My husband would think that I was insane if I served rice pudding. LOL 😆
I don’t cook chili. I do love it. I don’t really have a preference on beans or no beans but my friends in Texas would never eat it with beans!
I keep saying that I want to try making Chili. I probably wouldn’t put beans in it.
Our favorite beans in New Orleans are red beans and rice. Preferably Camellia Brand or Blue Runner as they are local brands.
Now, if you travel to Cajun Country, such as Lafayette, Louisiana, you will find that they enjoy white beans and rice. (Great Northern or navy)
I love all kinds of beans, black beans, white beans, Lima beans, pinto and red beans. Also, lentils and split peas. It’s funny, I only eat black eyed peas on New Year’s Day.
Can I please pull your leg some more about the rice pudding?
You spoke with such authority about what people in New Orleans do not eat,
that it struck me as a bit funny.
It's great to be enthusiastic about your home town, and you are!
So, in all humility, I offer you this:
Authentic Italian Rice Pudding
Let Cooking Italian with Joe show you how to make my grandmother's authentic Italian world's best rice pudding! Truly smooth and silky texture that fills your taste buds with yum. Garnish with chopped nuts, cinnamon, and whipped cream.
Maybe put bread in it when you cook it for your dH. Lol.
However, you are right to be proud. New Orleans is famous for the best food anywhere!
BTW, do you put beans, or no beans in your Chili? And, do you use steak?
Really asking, not fighting.
Oh, I edited my post just before your response. Sorry! I love reading food blogs too.
I figured that you were joking but I started thinking about all of the different opinions on food. It is amazing how different we all cook and eat.
My husband has a coworker who came to our home for dinner once. I made coffee after dinner. Well, coffee and chicory. He didn’t drink it. He said that he could not get used to chicory. He only drank pure coffee. Poor guy was going to get coffee from McDonald’s! 😆 because he didn’t want to drink the coffee and chicory.
I do drink our local coffee and chicory but I also drink coffee without chicory.
I was bored one day and looked up cities with the best and worst food. It was so funny! Apparently, we all have different tastes.
And I was just pulling your leg about the bread and rice puddings, the way you worded your reply struck me as funny 😁
Of course, people can make and eat both rice and bread pudding, but rice pudding just isn’t a thing here at all.
We are so fond of bread pudding that we wouldn’t give rice pudding a second thought.
Variety is the spice of life. It’s great if people enjoy both rice and bread pudding.
I am a purist about my coffee though. I hate different flavors. I also hate sugar in my coffee. You won’t catch me ordering a pumpkin latte! LOL