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Pork Filet Mignon with Fresh Peas and Green Beans

Just as I was planning on giving up blogging and devoting myself full time to learning to play the accordion, I was taking a last look through my French Saveurs magazine and was dazzled by a recipe from a company advertising … Continue reading

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Doing Georgian Ojakhuri – Part 2

When I woke up this morning I was momentarily “pris de panique”.  The problem with cooking in parts is that if you screw it up, you can’t just not post, something has to be said.  That’s almost like pressure!  We … Continue reading

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Doing Georgian Ojakhuri – Part I

One of my favorite travel/food sites is Georgia About.  There are so many delicious and interesting recipes that I’ll never be satisfied until I try them all!  Today I refrigerated the makings for ojakhuri, a stewed pork dish. http://georgiaabout.wordpress.com/2012/07/05/about-food-ojakhuri-family-meal/. I did … Continue reading

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R.S.’s Crispy Pata – Part 3

Hysterics aside, I deep fried R.S.’s crispy pata.  http://cookinginsens.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/doing-r-s-s-crispy-pata-part-2/.  It was no worse than frying a fatty, skin on chicken.  However, you do need to fry with a cover because the skin “burps”. Coming to my senses, I decided to … Continue reading

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Doing R.S.’s Crispy Pata – Part 2

Take the curing pot from the refrigerator http://cookinginsens.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/doing-r-s-s-crispy-pata-part-1/, place on the stove top, bring to a boil and simmer for 1 hour.  Remove the shanks from the liquid, allow to cool, then place in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours … Continue reading

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Doing R.S.’s Crispy Pata – Part 1

A while back, I saw a delicious, fried pork shank at R.S.’s site Ang Sarap http://angsarap.net/2013/02/05/crispy-pata/ and hoped that one day I could try it.  Today’s the day.  I had some amazing, German pork shanks that I found at Fresh Paradise … Continue reading

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German Geschnetzeltes Chili

When we were looking for cars, we were interested in the Volkswagen Touran.  It had everything; automatic parking, rain sensor, GPS, rear parking sensors, start/stop at traffic lights, a warning sensor for drowsy drivers, dual temperature controls and heated seats.  What … Continue reading

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Pork Geschnetzeltes with Gnocchi

The cleaning company came in yesterday and was I impressed!  They remade the bed, put dishes in the dishwasher, cleaned that rib pan, the oven, changed all linens, put in a new supply of paper products, swept, mopped and dusted. … Continue reading

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Eating Around: Strasbourg

I made bento boxes for our Zap train trip to Strasbourg.  I didn’t really see the difference between the Zap and Zen, except in the Zap, the conductor wasn’t walking around to make sure that everyone was completely silent. Inside … Continue reading

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Cured Pork Carbonnade Sandwiches with Rosemary Garlic Mayonnaise

In the beginning, people were divided into two groups across gender lines; gatherers and hunters.  Women would find things to plant, in order to gather them and men would hunt things, in order to grill them.  You can still see … Continue reading

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