Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Nightshirt 1.1

It was another cool night. This time it was necessary to wear the nightshirt to bed.
There have been questions about the fourth jewel. The fourth jewel shall forever remain a mystery. She is like Sherlock's Adele, smart, pretty, sensuous, and oh so vexing!
Today I will try a new method for roasting pork. The Boston Butt has been marinating in Kosher salt and light brown sugar for two days. The only problem will be that it has to roast for six hours at 325 degrees. Then will come the sauce. Peaches, salt, sugar, white wine, rice vinegar, thyme, and whole grain mustard are macerated together and half of the sauce is applied to the roast during the last half hour of roasting, the rest of the sauce is served at the table, reduced with the jus from the roast. The recipe calls for an internal temperature of 190 degrees. That temperature should reduce all of the collagen and eliminate any fears of trichinosis. Served with glazed carrots and pan roasted broccoli, it should be worth the wait.
I have a superb bottle of balsamic vinegar that just might be substituted for the rice vinegar. The balsamic vinegar will definitely go onto the Brussels sprouts. It is the only way to make them edible.

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