What's For Supper?

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  1. Hedi Mitchell

    Hedi Mitchell Supreme Member
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    I have eaten wild rabbit... but was 37 years ago- and the night it was prepared- was a most chaotic and
    disturbing night..so I cannot remember if it was good or not;)
     
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    Our Smith's advertised boneless pork loin for 99 cents a pound. Today, at the store, we found they had one left: it weighed almost 18 lbs. total of 6 big roasts sealed together in plastic wrap. Original price was $66, this huge hunk was $17! How could I resist? My wife balked. No room in the freezer, you vowed we will stop spending too much, etc., but I knew deep down she was thinking "yes". I was thinking "microwave" it, having had such great success lately with turkey thighs. We bought it!

    At home, opening it up (it was fresh, not frozen) it looked like top-quality fresh meat, not old, she figures it was a loss-leader (I suspect that rarely happens in reality). We packaged 5 of the 6 roasts, each the size of loaves of bread, over 3 lbs. each, in gallon freezer bags, and I set about microwaving the 6th. Here's how it looked in the Fire-King ceramic baking dish:

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    I nuked it a bit longer than the 50 minutes calculated for a 4 lb roast, having found my old A/C thermometer out in my shop (her meat thermometer was mistakenly sold at our auction in MO), first check showed 160 degrees, I wanted to make sure, added 7 minutes, wound up at 180 degrees in the center. Yanked it out, cut off a smidgeon: YUM, moist, delicious without seasoning even! Nah, ya can't brown meat in a microwave.......
    FALSE. Look at it cut in half:

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    Half of it sliced thin for sandwiches, my wife took her portion, cut it small pieces, threw the pork in a skillet with califlower rice, cream cheese, don't know what else. My image guy has changed something, and only 3 are permitted per upload now, so I'll add her rice image below this one.
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    I will be frying mine up with veggies later, a zuch., onion, bit of cream of celery soup! Here's the rice:
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    The nay-sayers I await. Seems many are just not adventurous enough to use their microwave ovens for actual cooking, but I gotta tell ya, after tasting turkey breast done by microwave, you won't believe the difference! Frank
     
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    Another boloney and colby cheese sandwich, with mustard of course. anda handful of potato chips, with a glass of milk. But, I've got to quit something, I've gained a little weight. Maybe cut out the cheese or the boloney or both.
     
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    Probably the bread and the chips. :)

    I personally wouldn't drink the milk for sure....ugh. :)
     
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    I'll work on it.
     
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    @Chrissy Cross
    Are you sure you are getting enough calcium? Needed for the bones, especially in old folks like me!
    Frank
     
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    I hated milk my entire life @Frank Sanoica ...get my calcium elsewhere.
     
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    @Chrissy Cross
    I wasn't much for it as a kid, so chocolate milk was used as an enticement. My Dad loved Malt in any form, so chocolate malted mix was thrown in. Do you remember this?

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    Or this, a staple on our pantry shelf all the time!

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    @Frank Sanoica ...ours was on sale also for 99cents a pound. Hubby smoked ours outside on the grill ...came out good.
    You must have magic touch with mircowave...would never ever cook meat in a micro wave...hubby being a meat cutter would be livid for one thing.
    :p
     
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    @Chrissy Cross ...I remember those...my granny liked Postum also.
     
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    @Gloria Mitchell
    No magic touch, just what my wife taught me over the years! She worked for a store in Phoenix which sold only microwave ovens and accessories. During that stint, she taught microwave cooking classes offered free to buyers of ovens. This was back in the mid-'80s, before every home had one or two of the danged things. Several of her favorites taught: baking cakes and cooking roasts. Many ladies moaned and groaned, saying it was easy for her but they couldn't understand it. Wife's reply? Ma'am, I learned how by reading the instruction book!
    Frank
     
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    Only Anthony Bourdain would eat dishes that looked that weird.

    Hal
     
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    @Hal Pollner
    Well, then, what do YOU eat?
    Frank
     
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    Hard to get the Maillard reaction in a microwave--it doesn't get hot enough unless you use one of those foil thingies. It doesn't occur until the food is 285 F./140 C.
     
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