Bought a pork loin at the local bargin club for a silly price and am trying a new experiment. I took a +/-3lb chunk (about 12") and with a long slicing knife slit that little pork puppy into your basic jelly roll shape for stuffing. Reveo'ed with cy mustard, time, s+p, and garlic. Stuffed with fresh dill, thyme, and cilantro. Trussed with string, smoked with apple, and now am forcing in the oven for a pre 7 pm family dinner. I have high hopes.
In conjunction, collard greens, mashed turnips, and fruit of the kids choice. And, oh, yeah, another beer.
All the makings of a good evening. ;D
You should post your address to complete the experiment. ;D Should like a great dinner.
Sounds really good Winemakers!
Make sure you let us know how it turns out.
Mike
Burp........snore
Good stuff and I (besides misspelling time/thyme) missed mentioning the gorganzola scattered throughout. Came out very nicely. Full flavor, a little dry, but I suspect that is directly related to forcing in a 350 deg oven so I could feed the kids before that had to eat dinner in bed. Nice flavor and the aromatics permeated well.
Cleveland is blessed with the west side market. This place helps to stretch your culinary ideas, hence the collards in January. This place is a circa 1920's open booth market with say 75 plus stalls. These range from about 20 butchers, bakers, produce, just a really cool experience. Anyone want a piglet?, there's one available, goat anybody?
My kids and I always make an adventure of it and try and count how many different languages we hear. Then their mantra begins.....Dad is it time for the apple fritters? These puppies are as big as your hand (mine not theirs) and I can stretch my butcher window shopping 45 min. if I slip one a piece into their eager little mitts. Really cool place, awsome produce as fresh as it gets, cool fruits, nice folks and great pricing. Makes for a fun dad/sons(x2) Sat. morning.
mld
Winemakers
Congrats on the pork loin! Sounds great! ;)
I could only wish I had access to a market like that! :'(
Mike
Man what I wouldn't give for a place like that to shop at. Closest I get is Pikes Place in Seattle each year. There's a place in Weslake CA. that has a great market that I could spend all week in (forgot the name of it). Your lucky winemakers. (Both family and market wise). :)