Meal # 23 Hodgepodge Ham and Potatoes with Asparagus

I had some people over like usual, Bri and Courtney. They were excited about cooking with me and I was glad to have company. I surveyed our ingredients and was unimpressed. Ham, potatoes, herbs and Bearnaise sauce. I think we threw some thickening agent in there and also some yum onions, all topped with crushed Ritz crackers. I was kinda nervous about all of these things just being cooked and then mixed and cooked in the oven again. However, with us three brains in the kitchen we tasted and looked and smelled this dish until it became a wondrous creation. It looked disgusting and like vomit a little but let me tell you that it got 4 and 5 across the board. It was warm and homey like a cabin in the snowy woods (even though it is 100 degrees here) and it reminded me of how people must have created recipes in the old days. I sure wish I would have wrote this one down. The weird part was the asparagus on the side with hollindaise sauce. It just didn't fit our country meal it seemed classy and snobby sitting there next to our terrific mushy mess of a casserole. So it brought the whole meal to a whopping 4 with a little extra points on the side.

Thanks to those girls though it would have been a uglier mess. Thanks for cooking with me...it's an adventure!

Tiff

Meal # 14 Pork Chops Wrapped in Bacon

I came home the other night with a plan forming in my head on what to do with a couple of pork chops. I used to be a vegetarian and the biggest thing I missed was a McDonald's Big Mac and real bacon. I would get tofu bacon and eat it whenever I had the craving. The tofu bacon was actually quite good and settled the demanding meat man inside me. A couple draw backs? It looked like a dog treat and it chewed like plastic. So I was having a hankering for bacon and I needed to use these chops. So I did what I feel like good chefs do; I wrapped pork in pork and fried it up in a skillet. I seasoned it with salt, pepper, and some parsley. I put some rice on and quartered a fresh cabbage which I steamed. This was a pleasant surprise but not a pleasant odor. Cabbage smells like a fart but it tasted earthy. I sprinkled it with salt and pepper and let it just get soft enough to be a compliment to my pork. It also still had some nutrients in it which was the healthy part of my meal. After it all came to a end, this was the first meal in a long time I made all on my own. It was rather good. I think I will wrap more things in bacon.

Gabe -4.25
Tiff - 4.5

What about wrapping pigs feet in bacon?
Mmmmm. Think about it?

Tiffany