"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote in message
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>D and I are hosting a small "un-conference" at our house in a couple
> of weeks. The plan is to think about the future of this little town.
> I want the people in attendance to think about locally produced foods
> as part of our un-agenda. So we'll serve them some locally produced
> pork three ways:
>
> 1. Home-cured prosciutto from a ham we bought from a nearby hog
> farmer. I'll wrap pieces of local melon with it.
>
> 2. Home-cured bacon. I'll crumble it in a salad with local pecans and
> greens.
>
> 3. Pork chops from the same local producer. I'll brine them and
> season them with mustard and rosemary before roasting them in the
> propane smoker.
>
> The dumb part for me was that we had to drive to the farmers' market
> in Frisco to buy the chops. The hog farmer's wife was there selling
> their meat, so that's where we bought it. This in spite of the fact
> that their farm is 30 miles closer to Cow Hill than Frisco is. She
> drove to Frisco, and we did, too. Call it a market inefficiency. But
> it was nice to chat with the pork lady. She was interested in Michael
> Ruhlman's "Charcuterie," which she hadn't heard of. Wrote his name
> down. And I placed an order for ten pounds of belly to be delivered
> in a couple of weeks..


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> --
> modom

Frisco Texas?
or
Frisco Colorado?


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(AKA Dimitri)