Meatloaf
One night, the hubby and I were watching Better Homes and Gardens where Fast Ed was making meatloaf. The hubby was pretty impressed with it, maybe the fact it was wrapped in bacon had something to do with it, and I talked about making it for him. Well, a million years later it finally happened. The nights have started getting quite cool in…
Melton Mowbray Pork Pie
Another man who is responsible for a lot of cooking in our house is Jamie Oliver. You may have heard of him, he is the chap from England who has a few cooking shows, some cook books (a copy of each of them resides on our bookshelf), a couple of restaurants and does some wonderful things through his foundation. In his Jamie's Great Britain…
Pea and Ham Soup
When I first started seeing the hubby, in winter he often made a stew full of pork and veggies. I never ate any obviously, but he really enjoyed it. However, as he had been making this for quite a few years he thought it was time for a change and decided to give pea and ham soup a go after seeing it on one of the numerous cooking shows we…
Pork Ribs with Blood Plum Sauce
The hubby grew up on a farm just out of town and on it was a lone blood plum tree. His Grandpa tried to get him to eat them when he was a youngin', and of course he protested because he had no idea what they were and kids are just fussy. But Grandpa wouldn't have a bar of it and shoved a blood plum in his mouth and told him to try it (not that…