Roast Pork Loin Prochetta-Style and Smahed Potatoes ***** (Teressa)

Where shall I begin? First for those of you that have the Cook this Not That these are on pages 264 and 294... for those of you who don't have this book... WHAT are you waiting for... go now and get it... I will wait..... ....... ....



Okay so lets get to the nitty gritty. Keneson and I made the "rub" for the meat. So it was super easy! Orange zest, Rosemary, and fennel seeds. It doesn't sound like much but what a PUNCH of flavor. This recipe called for the meat to be served over Great Northern beans. We did not eat it this way. After Keneson and I rubbed the meat down we let it sit for 4 hours before we cooked it. I think that made a huge difference. The picture in the book shows a brown sauce over the meat. I suggest that you use the juices from the pan





Now for the potatoes. It calls for Yukon gold potatoes. I am a russet potato eater most of the time. And our stores didn't carry the small ones like it called for either. So I used the gold ones and just cut them into quarters. After we boiled them and fried them like it said. We put cheese on it and stuck it in the oven while the meat rested. Mostly so it would melt the cheese....
The critic said this....
Tracy.- You seasoned this perfectly! It is so good that orange isn't over powerful at all.
Emma- I like the potatoes, but not the meat.
Corrina - Peeled the skin off the potatoes but wants to have this every night for the rest of her life. (a little dramatic I think)
Keneson- I did really good making this hun Tees?
Amanda- I really like the potatoes, and the meat was super juicy. It was good.
ME- I loved the flavor of the meat, wow it was really good. The potatoes I think I will put more cheese on them next time. It was SO good.... (I think I have said that about all of them so far.)
I will totally make this again.

Pulled Pork Sandwiches... Teressa

Tonight we had the pulled pork sandwiches (page 154.) and I made the coleslaw (pg 292). It really calls for very few ingredients.

First let me start by saying that tonight was the first time I have ever browned meat before putting it in the crock pot. WOW what a difference it makes.. who knew?!

The smell of apple cider vinegar was very over whelming to me but I didn't get any comments like I did last night. (thank goodness.) I started the meat around 9:00a.m. Tested it about 4:30p.m. and WOW it was so tender. You really can't taste the liquid smoke, which surprised me because I have used it before and it was super strong.

Then I started the coleslaw. I was hoping to cheat and get a bag-o-slaw at the store but they didn't have one. So I had to get the purple and white cabbage. Man it was cheep.... It was $.50 for the purple and $.69 for the white. Another surprise. Then I started to cut it and had to call Tracy for some guidance. Because I couldn't get the strips I wanted. He said it was because I was using the worlds dullest knife. (funny guy!) So after some talk about how bland the flavor was and the fact I forgot to get fennel seeds. I added a little more mustard. Then went and got the fennel. I have never really used fennel seeds so I wasn't sure how much flavor they would add. What a difference they made.

So finally put the sandwich together. I made mine HUGE!!!! So this is the picture of Tracy's sandwich. The kids didn't want the coleslaw and here is what the critics had to say.

Amanda- Yummmm....
Emma-- Thanks Mom this is really good!!!! ( I am NOT eating the coleslaw.!)
Corrina - this is good, but like Emma spit out the bite of coleslaw I made them try (it wasn't even a bite but one piece of cabbage.)
Keneson- This is really good Tees....
Tracy - WOW honey, the fennel seeds did make a huge difference on the coleslaw, and the toasted bun is perfect... We are making this again!!!!

ME----OMG...mmmmm... this is goofff.... (my mouth was full)

We will totally make this again!!!!!

Huddle up!!!! 3, 2, 1 ... START COOKIN!!!!