Ok, here’s a bit of what I’ve been working on, but not yet blogging about! Most of these will have entries associated with them eventually, but I want to give you a quick taste and prove to you that I have not been slacking in the kitchen lately!
Canadian Bacon
Canadian Bacon
Or rather Canadian-SYTLE Bacon. Alledgedly, REAL canadian bacon is not smoked or cooked and has the addition of being rolled in Cornmeal. This is also called “peameal bacon”. I made what most of think of as “Canadian Bacon”, pork loin cured, smoked, and sliced. It is actually very easy, and although it takes a couple of days, requires very little hands-on time. In fact, the most time I spent on it was actually the last step, the slicing. I’ll be making another batch soon……
Can you believe I actually got through this topic without mentioning “John Candy?”
Mexico
Cold Beer, Hot Sun, and Crystal-Clear Water!
Ok, I couldn’t resist this – Leslie and I spent a week on the Yucatan, and had some great food as well as some only “passable” meals. One of our favorite things was the Cream of Poblano soup at a restuarant called “Tabano”. This was one of the most popular restaurants in the area and the name, when translated, means ”Horsefly”.
The best food hands-down was at one of our hotels – The most delicious Thai food we’ve ever had – Go figure. Every meal we ate there (Which was at least once a day) we ordered “Larb”. It was so good it was the first thing I cooked when I returned to the states.
I didn’t take any food photos, but I’ll work in beverages instead – This shot is pretty much what I looked at all day.
Popovers
OK, this was not a Tommy creation – rather Leslie found out we were having steak one night and wanted to make Popovers. Yes, she is awesome!
Popovers with Gruyere Cheese...
These were delicious and perfectly “poofy!” I hope she does these again soon, and I enjoyed them just as much the next day or two, halved, toasted, and buttered. Maybe she will be willing to share the recipe…