Whatever...we ate at 2p.m.
Yesterday I went to Iowa Meat Farms and snared me a 6lb Boston Butt (pork
shoulder). Came home, made a rub of brown sugar, kosher salt, ancho chilis,
white and black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and powdered rosemary
(from Penzey's). Wrapped the shoulder and let it sit in the fridge until 8
this morning. In the meantime, I also soaked some hickory, mesquite and
apple wood chips in a 1/2 and 1/2 mix of apple cider and water. This morning
I filled my smoker box and got the grill ready, and took out the meat to let
it get the chill off. Smoked it for almost 5 hours. Wrapped it in foil and
finished everything else: South Carolina Mustard Sauce, Carolina Honey
Sauce, veggie pizza (not really a pizza, but so yummy!!), fruit salad, pasta
salad, and beans (made the day before yesterday and reheated).
Wow...I missed pulled pork over the winter. I forgot how yummy it is! I even
gave Lucy (our mini schnauzer) a helping, which is a rare treat for her.
There's Tiramisu (authentic, yay!) in the fridge for dessert...not exactly
traditional, but neither was the rest of the meal!

So...what did you eat???
kimberly

Nexis wrote:
>
> Whatever...we ate at 2p.m.
> Yesterday I went to Iowa Meat Farms and snared me a 6lb Boston Butt (pork
> shoulder). Came home, made a rub of brown sugar, kosher salt, ancho chilis,
> white and black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and powdered rosemary
> (from Penzey's). Wrapped the shoulder and let it sit in the fridge until 8
> this morning. In the meantime, I also soaked some hickory, mesquite and
> apple wood chips in a 1/2 and 1/2 mix of apple cider and water. This morning
> I filled my smoker box and got the grill ready, and took out the meat to let
> it get the chill off. Smoked it for almost 5 hours. Wrapped it in foil and
> finished everything else: South Carolina Mustard Sauce, Carolina Honey
> Sauce, veggie pizza (not really a pizza, but so yummy!!), fruit salad, pasta
> salad, and beans (made the day before yesterday and reheated).
> Wow...I missed pulled pork over the winter. I forgot how yummy it is! I even
> gave Lucy (our mini schnauzer) a helping, which is a rare treat for her.
> There's Tiramisu (authentic, yay!) in the fridge for dessert...not exactly
> traditional, but neither was the rest of the meal!
>
> So...what did you eat???
> kimberly

We (my aunt and cousin and I) went to a friend's house.
The friend made the ham, pierogi, a jello fruit mold with
vanilla pudding on top, appetizers (kielbasa in the blanket
- like those Lil' Smokies in Pillsbury Crescent roll dough
but she subsitituted chunks of kielbasa, potato chips and
dip, lots of different Easter candies, etc.) My aunt made
our family recipe of crescent rolls, a green bean casserole,
and a sweet potato casserole. I made my dove breads (they
have become a tradition) and my curried eggs (also a tradition
for Easter). The friend also served cake for dessert. It
was her mother's 91st birthday on Sat. so there was a store-
bought birthday cake and a Prantl's Burnt Almond Torte (a
special treat from a local bakery - these things are to
*die* for!!!).

I don't quite get why my aunt wanted to make green bean
casserole as it's nothing she's ever made before even
at Thanksgiving, must less Easter. I don't think it
goes very well with ham as it's pretty salty and so is
ham. I tasted it but I didn't like it at all. Also,
I don't know why the sweet potato casserole. Yes, sweet
things go well with ham but for me they should be sweet
and tart to counteract the saltiness of the ham. And
also, sweet potato casserole just doesn't go with Easter!
It's a Thanksgiving dish, maybe Xmas. I think my aunt is
getting senile. She's 76 this year. I guess we just have
to humor her these days. But I hope I can talk her out
of the same thing next year. Also, even though I always
make the dove breads she insisted on making the crescent
rolls, too. There was way too much bread. Certainly
didn't need the rolls.

I was very disappointed in the ham which was bought from
a place that has always had really good meats. It's called
Porky's Smokehouse and they smoke their own kielbasa and
hams and other things. The meat was good but way too salty.
That's never been the case in past years when we've had
Porky's ham. I could barely gag it down it was so salty.
I'm not a big fan of ham mainly because of the saltiness.
I don't, in general, enjoy salty things. But I look forward
to a good, not-too-salty, high quality smoked ham every
Easter. I could have cried. :-( So I drowned my sorrows
with a second helping of the Burnt Almond Torte. ;-)

Kate
--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

"Nexis" > wrote in message
news:wmH1e.10439$Mt5.1061@fed1read01...
> So...what did you eat???
> kimberly
>
>

Sounds good, Kimberley.

We ate cereal for breakfast and leftovers for lunch....I had a very
comforting bowl of leftover beef stew while my apple cake baked. I had a
splitting headache, and I was worried that it might be the debilitating
stay-in-bed-nobody-talk-to-me kind of headache I get a few times a year (not
quite sure if they're migraines)....but I must just have been too hungry,
because after that bowl of stew, I felt much better.

We took the apple cake up to my mother-in-law's house. Munchies that were
set out included baby carrots, green olives stuffed w/ garlic, apple slices
with whipped strawberry cream cheese for dipping. Kind of a strange
combination; most of the people there were under age 5.

My MIL cooked rack of lamb with rosemary and garlic (a little overcooked,
but still tasty), baked potatoes, rice pilaf, crescent rolls (yes, that's a
lot of empty carbs on the table, considering there were just 7 of us, but
she wanted to give everyone a choice), asparagus, broccoli salad (the kind
w/ the green olives), cantaloupe w/ prosciutto...anything else? I think
that's it.

For dessert, there was the apple-walnut cake I'd made, which was a tad
overcooked, as I was on the phone during the final minutes of baking and
lost track of time, and vanilla ice cream, and sugar cookies. And some
homemade chocolate eggs that somebody from our church made: peanut butter
filled, and buttercream filled.

And now I am making gingerbread men for my son's 8th birthday party this
weekend...it's a Shrek-themed party, so the kids will decorate their own
Gingy cookies.

Chris

"Chris Neidecker" > wrote in message
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>
> "Nexis" > wrote in message
> news:wmH1e.10439$Mt5.1061@fed1read01...
>> So...what did you eat???
>> kimberly
>>
>>
>
> Sounds good, Kimberley.
>
> We ate cereal for breakfast and leftovers for lunch....I had a very
> comforting bowl of leftover beef stew while my apple cake baked. I had a
> splitting headache, and I was worried that it might be the debilitating
> stay-in-bed-nobody-talk-to-me kind of headache I get a few times a year
> (not quite sure if they're migraines)....but I must just have been too
> hungry, because after that bowl of stew, I felt much better.

That'd be a migraine, Chris. Trust me.

> We took the apple cake up to my mother-in-law's house. Munchies that were
> set out included baby carrots, green olives stuffed w/ garlic, apple
> slices with whipped strawberry cream cheese for dipping. Kind of a
> strange combination; most of the people there were under age 5.
>
> My MIL cooked rack of lamb with rosemary and garlic (a little overcooked,
> but still tasty), baked potatoes, rice pilaf, crescent rolls (yes, that's
> a lot of empty carbs on the table, considering there were just 7 of us,
> but she wanted to give everyone a choice), asparagus, broccoli salad (the
> kind w/ the green olives), cantaloupe w/ prosciutto...anything else? I
> think that's it.

I want to try a rack of lamb. Not sure how well I'll like it nevermind the
family's taste.

*snip*

> Chris

Bret



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Nexis wrote:
> Whatever...we ate at 2p.m.
> Yesterday I went to Iowa Meat Farms and snared me a 6lb Boston Butt
(pork
> shoulder). Came home, made a rub of brown sugar, kosher salt, ancho
chilis,
> white and black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and powdered
rosemary
> (from Penzey's). Wrapped the shoulder and let it sit in the fridge
until 8
> this morning. In the meantime, I also soaked some hickory, mesquite
and
> apple wood chips in a 1/2 and 1/2 mix of apple cider and water. This
morning
> I filled my smoker box and got the grill ready, and took out the meat
to let
> it get the chill off. Smoked it for almost 5 hours. Wrapped it in
foil and
> finished everything else: South Carolina Mustard Sauce, Carolina
Honey
> Sauce, veggie pizza (not really a pizza, but so yummy!!), fruit
salad, pasta
> salad, and beans (made the day before yesterday and reheated).
> Wow...I missed pulled pork over the winter. I forgot how yummy it is!
I even
> gave Lucy (our mini schnauzer) a helping, which is a rare treat for
her.
> There's Tiramisu (authentic, yay!) in the fridge for dessert...not
exactly
> traditional, but neither was the rest of the meal!
>
> So...what did you eat???
> kimberly

We had two Easter Dinners, the first one was on Saturday because my
daughter had to go back to college on Sunday (no long break for her).
And the second on Sunday after my husband got back from taking her to
school (an 8 hour roundtrip). The Saturday dinner was mostly prepared
by my daughter and consisted of recipes she searched on the Internet to
keep in line with my weight loss program. They were very good and
didn't use many nonfat substitute ingredients. She made Chicken
Paprikash, Apple Glazed Carrots, Brown Rice and I made Apple Crumble
for dessert (served warm with low fat vanilla ice cream). The chicken
and carrots were good, but the apple dessert wasn't moist enough. It
used unsweetened apple sauce coating the apples instead of sugar and I
don't think there was enough of it to keep the apples moist. (I had
halved the recipe.)

On Sunday, I prepared a leg of lamb rubbed with lemon juice, garlic and
fresh rosemary. The house smelled heavenly while it was roasting in
the oven. I made a version of ratatouille to use up the open can of
pureed tomatoes from the Chicken Paprikash (only needed a tablespoon).
To appease the non-vegetable eating husband I made a package of "Asian
Beef Noodles" Noodles and sauce mix. (Yeah, I had used all my energy
and creativity on the lamb and veggies.)

Heidi