Pecans

 

Recently I got the chance to go to a friend's home and pick up pecans.  These paper shell's are great and come out in good condition.  I see pecan pie's in the future.  The ability to freeze them for later will give more time to cook, in the next few months.

Pork Chops

I found a recipe on a website, for cooking pork chops in a slow cooker.  They promise that the chops will be tender.  I can testify to this, because I've tried this way of cooking chops before and they came out delicious.  I cut up 1/2 an apple over the top of the chops, for extra taste and seasoning.  Fresh garlic leaves have been cut up over the top, as well.

I've also put ribs in a slow cooker with BBQ sauce and they were wonderful when finished.  The meat falls off the bones and it's so tender, all you need to do is indulge in the goodness.

Shit On A Shingle

Leftovers, always get me, when it comes to finding something to go with them.  Last evening, I fell back on an old dish, which saved my butt several times, when raising the kids.  It's easy to make and you don't have to slave over it.  I had a pot of pintos left from the day before and some potato salad, so I threw together the "shit on a shingle".  Most of you here in the "south" can relate to this dish.  If you aren't from around here and haven't been introduced to it, then let me explain.
It's hamburger or sausage or a mix of both meats, broken up in a nice big iron skillet, with your seasonings, onions, chopped or sliced, maybe some other things you like thrown in as well.  Saute, this until the meat is done and then scoot the mixture to one side of the pan.  Place about 1/2 cup of flour in the grease and mix well.  Then mix the meat over into the flour and get some water.  Pour the water into the mixture, stirring while doing so to create the gravy.  When the mixture starts to thicken pour about a cup of milk in slow and stir to thin the mixture.  After a few minutes your mixture will thicken again and you are ready to serve it over toast along with your other leftovers.......

Post Holidays?

It's the time for your diets and here comes Valentines, right?  Say, how was your holiday's?  Mine was full of food and snacks, not to mention the celebrating with wine and spirits.  Now, how the hell are we supposed to get rid of all those calories, that's already been consumed?  Oh hell, you know!  It's not funny either, when you diet and exercise.
Me, well that's another story, and I just maintain!  I'm not going to kill myself dieting, when I know that I won't last over a week, and then start right back eating the good food again.  I say, good, when it's really bad for me, but it tastes damn good!  How about you guys?