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I didn't go to church today, I went to the doctor again. Johnny went and on the way home stopped at a little restaurant and brought me fried chicken, limas, fried okra, and salad. So I'm going to eat. TTYL.
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I'm sorry you are still feeling so poorly Sheri that even food tastes bad...
Hopefully the doctor had an idea on how to help you?
I wish someone would recommend to me how I might prepare this 2 lb boneless pork roast I bought. I'm not sure what is the best thing to do with it...
Merme
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Merme...pork roasts are so good! I love to put mine in the rotisserrie...but you can roast them in the ove as well! I wish you had this injector thing...I put garlic, cloves, pineapple & cranberries in it and shoot them into the roast...man it is yummy! You can still do that by cutting slits in the roast and stick them in there. The biggest thing about pork is to not over cook it or it will be dry..I also like to make a glaze to baste mine with. IMy favorite is Hienz 57 sauce, orange juice concentrate, honey and ground cloves. I don't know what your taste prefference is, but I like to use the citrus stuff (like oranges) with pork and I love cranberries so I use them a lot...or apples. If you have a taste prefference, let me know and I might be able to come up with a more specific recipe for you.
~V~
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I am not fond of sweet sauces with meat so I roast my pork roast in a roasting pan after browning it. However the overcooking thing is very important as V said.
I am making chicken and dumplings today....not sure if I will make the "easy" drop dumplings or go to the effort of making rolled dumplings. The chicken sure smells good cooking.
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Fernie..that hit the spot! Chicken & dumplings...made me want some of grandma's!!! She did the roll out noodles and would set them on the chest freezer in the back room to air dry...I am talkin melt in your mouth good stuff! She also did squirrel & noodles that was equally as good. I wish Icould get my broth to turn out like hers...and the noodles as far as that goes.I miss those noodles!!!!
~V~
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Oh..but what I was GONNA say...before I started my noodle daydreaming... I don't always preffer a "sweet" sauce on my meats...I have to be in the mood for it and have to offset it with something salty. Pork is the ONLY meat I do a "sweet" sauce for... I want to cook a standing rib roast...have you done one Fernie? I never have...and I can just imagine that if I go look at the price of one, it will probably be a long, long time before I get to. But, I'm gonna check because that is what I would like to do for Christmas this year!
~V~
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yep I have done a standing rib roast. You cook it in an open roaster on a rack so it stays out of the drippings. Supposed to put the little paper hats on the end of the bones so they don't burn and look ugly but I can barely afford the roast let alone little bone hats!!! I used foil. And make sure you cook it the amount of minutes per pound a good recipe book reccomends.
My first m-i-l was from Arkansas, she taught me rolled dumplings. I didn't know there was such a thing until I married into a southern family. She also taught me fried eggplant, fried okra, tomato gravy (nectar of the Gods...yumm) and couscous and how to make cornbread without a recipe. She never could teach me how to make her baking powder biscuits as good as her though. I just didn't have the talent or something. My biscuits are ok but just not the same. However my tomato gravy is better!!!
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quote:And make sure you cook it the amount of minutes per pound a good recipe book reccomends.
18 minutes per lb for M~rare...22 minutes per LB for done! (I ve been studyin!!) I don't REALLY think I will get to do one ...but just in case...
I absolutely LOVE tomato gravy!!! I couldn't get my biscuits like grandma's either...but I started using sour cream instead of milk in my biscuits...and they melt in your mouth!!! Speaking of biscuits...I was suppose to send Jimmy my recipe... I better get after it before he dis~owns me!!!!!
~V~
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'Nessa, Maxi strongly dislikes pineapple and ham together. He gets so MAD when they serve it at school.
Could I do your recipe with oranges and lemons instead along with the cranberries and garlic?
Merme
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You guys are scaring me. How much does a standing rib roast cost anyway?
Why is everything in the south fried?
How do you make tomato gravy?
I feel so much better today. I cooked again. I fixed the pork chops with sauer kraut again, green beans, and corn. I started to make a salad but didn't. Shelley brought the grand children over for a while and we fixed brownies, made cranberry candles, 1 for Darbi's room, 1 for Shelley, 1 for Darbi's nana and 1 for me, made a construction Christmas chain, and did her homework. We had a blast. Now that I feel better I never want to go back to work.
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Oh tomato gravy is so good. Being the little Yankee girl that I was, I thought all this new food might be a mite too different for me. I decided to try everyhting at least once. I am NEVER eating cornbread in milk again but tomato gravy turned out to be an absolute favorite opf mine. You brown flour in a pan (almost like a roue) and instead of adding milk or water to it to make gravy, you add canned tomatoes. It is so good on (you guessed it) fried potatoes!!!! But not everything is fried.....just some of the best things!!! LOL
A standing rib roast on sale is around $5 per lb. They got real popular a few years ago and you could get one for like $3.99 but I haven't seen them that cheap since.
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I do that too.....also cabbage, green tomatoes (do you know some people make green tomato pie??? nnot good in my estimation) and fried corn is yummy, my southern f-i-l taught me that one.
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Fried corn is one of lifes greatest pleasures. It's not like it's BATTERED, or anything, it's more like stirfry. It is stirfry, as a matter of fact. Fried with diced onions, red and green bell peppers, and preferredly, BACON! the best thing in the world. BTW, I am currently eating country style ribs cooked w/ sauerkraut, potatoes, carrots. Yumm!
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Do YOU have any ideas for my 2 lb. boneless pork roast?
Merme
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yep as to the fried corn.....exactly like that...bacon and all.
We just got done canning our homemade sauerkraut. It is so good, I cannot buy any of that junk they call sauerkraut in the store now tho some deli's have some that is good.
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quote:Could I do your recipe with oranges and lemons instead along with the cranberries and garlic?
Sorry I missed this question Merme...but YES YES YES...oranges & cranberries are perfect!
As far as the fried stuff...fried cabbage is my favorite...with corn running a close second! I love to mix okra, potatoes, onions & squash coated with cornmeal and fried...wonderful!
Fernie, I do my tomatoe gravy a little different..I use V~8 juice thickened with cornstarch. It is wonderful over stuffed bell pepers!! Sheri has me craving saurkraut & pork chops now...
~V~
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No, peppereater, I did not do the roast yet. Any suggestions?
Merme
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Oh Sheri...isn't there ANY way you could take one more week off....just one more...I don't think you are quite well yet....
I made a pot of potato soup for me tonight...it turned out really good...but it wasn't what I wanted...go figure!
~V~
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