Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
> Okay, I made my birthday dinner. I wanted to make something I had never had
> before, so here goes:
>
> Pork Loin Roast:
>
> 3 lb. loin
> 1/2 cup dijon or spicy mustard
> 1/2 blackstrap molasses
> 1 clove garlic, crushed
> 2 - 3 Tbsp. vinegar
>
> Mix mustard, molasses, garlic and vinegar. Pour over pork in crockpot, cook
> on high for 6 hours (note: roast can be frozen solid when started, check for
> doneness).
>
> Potato-veg Casserole:
> 1 pkg cubed hashbrowns (32 oz.)
> 1 pkg. veg mix (cauliflower, broccoli, carrot blend)
> 1 onion, chopped
> 1 can cream of mushroom soup
> 1 stick of butter
> 1 can of milk
> 2 cups of cheese
>
> Melt butter, add in milk, soup and cheese. Stir until melted. Add salt and
> pepper to taste. Place potatoes, onion and veg in 13x9 pan, pour sauce mix
> over, stir to mix. Sprinkle additional cheese on top. Bake 45 min. to 1
> hour.
>
> Radishs
> 2 1/2 pkg of radishes, sliced
> 1 1/2 cups of water
> 2 Tbsp white wine
> 1 small shallot, diced
> 1 tsp. thyme
> 1 clove garlic
> pinch of sugar
>
> Boil radishes in all the other ingredients (except sugar). When the
> radishes are tender, remove from cooking liquid. Add pinch of sugar to
> liquid and boil until reduced in half. Pour over radishes and serve.
>
> The pork was to die for. Fall apart fork tender. The radishes were
> 'interesting' - not bad, a possible do again. The notes on the recipe
> suggested adding more wine in the cooking liquid. I concur. Maybe adding
> salt and pepper would add to it. The potatoes were the weakest link. Too
> bland. Too white...just too something...we couldn't quite put our fingers
> on it......I was just informed, 'the potato recipe, did it come out of one
> of your cookbooks? Me - uh, no, Him - good, because I would tell you not to
> use that book anymore.
>
> All in all, we're full, dinner's done and I'm back to being depressed I'm
> another year older. I should snap out of it by tomorrow...after all...to
> quote my alter ego from earlier, Scarlet, 'tomorrow IS another day.'
>
>
Do what I do Gloria, think of all the enemies you have outlived. Works
like a charm for me.