Pork Tinga Experiment
That is, a spicy pork filling for things like tacos. Also, the second experiment in the little crockpot. Ingredients: Small pork roast, 1.7 lbs with bone in my case, trimmed of excess fat and divided...
View ArticleItalian Bread
Gave up on the previous recipe. Went back to the Sunset Italian Cookbook adobe oven bread, that Pamela used to make and Mark Richards used to make at Finagle’s Freehold (my first house in Minneapolis)....
View ArticleOne Mug of Cocoa
Cocoa from cocoa powder, quantity one. Half the normal sugar, partly because “normal” is too sweet, but mostly because I add a shot of creme de menthe or something to it usually and that adds a lot of...
View ArticleBasic Texas Chili
Mostly I prefer real chili (a bean and pepper stew with tomatoes and often meat ranging from beef to pork to turkey), but there are also uses for Texas chili (a beef and pepper stew without beans or...
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Hash Browns
I kept seeing complicated recipes that would be more trouble than they were worth. I eventually worked out a very simple one that I find satisfactory. Makes one large serving. To make multiple...
View ArticlePancakes
I make a run at pancakes every now and then for the last few decades. This latest one has come up with a version that meets my requirements (which aren’t entirely mainstream), is so simple I do it from...
View ArticleCrockpot Chicken Tinga
I found some important info about adobo sauce, which I think has helped. Also, this is the crockpot-adapted version, no other cooking vessel got dirtied. We’ll see. Of course I neglected to make notes...
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Cheese Fondue
Specifically, the one my mother learned from our neighbors in Zurich in 1958. I’ve been so fixated on this recipe since then that I’ve never actually made any other. I’m sure others are good too; if I...
View ArticleSnack Mix
Couple of years late, but finding things on Facebook is horribly unreliable, so I thought I’d better put it here. Made with stuff from Trader Joe’s. Combine equal parts by weight of Thai chili lime...
View ArticleMeatloaf
My mother made a great meatloaf. Later, when needing a recipe, we found a good one in one of our cookbooks, which wasn’t that much like my mother’s. Since then, I’ve been playing around. Made my...
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