All pigged out.

Post #289,055 by Andrew Grygus 7/15/07 10:04:31 PM Reply	All pigged out. Saturday morning I started out with only one intention - to make a batch of pig feet for snacks. Then I got involved with this pig head thing which generated some surpluses, and one change of plan resulted in more surplus. So what did I end up with?\r\n \r\n 5 pounds of [link\|http://www.clovegarden.com/recipes/cam_pigfeet1.html\|Pig Feet] - snacks for more than a week. \r\n 8 pounds of Head Cheese - in the making. \r\n 3 pounds of Pig Meat, trimmed free of fat and membranes, now frozen, to be sliced up as needed for Asian recipes. \r\n 7 ounces of Pig Skin, frozen for use in Indian and Mexican recipes. \r\n 2-1/2 pounds of [link\|http://www.clovegarden.com/recipes/cgm_pigear1.html\|Chinese Pig Ear Salad] - very tasty - you should try it! \r\n 3 quarts of excellent concentrated Pork Stock (expandable to about a gallon and a half) - freezing now for use in daily cooking. \r\n 2 cups Sauce, byproduct of making pig feet - very good with potatoes. \r\n One half Pig Skull, now at an "undisclosed location". With luck some dog got it and took it home as a gift for his master. \r\n \r\n The problem is, I've still got 2 pounds of spare ribs left over from Friday that I need to cook up for supper tonight. Oh well, [link\|http://www.clovegarden.com/recipes/csm_pigribor1.html\|Pork Ribs with Orange] is good and pretty quick to make. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #289,319 by a6l6e6x 7/18/07 11:22:06 AM Reply	Re: Pork Ribs with Orange Yum, yum! My wife has made a similar dish with beef ribs in the past. Tried cooking pork ribs Southern style on a grill yesterday. Wound up charring the sauce quite a bit. It is cooked "indirectly", i.e. the fire is not directly under the meat so it's more like baking. It takes 1 1/2 - 2 hours. It's my fault for not watching the temperature. Alex Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law. -- Sophocles (496? - 406 BCE)
Post #289,329 by crazy 7/18/07 12:42:56 PM Reply	5 pounds of Pig Feet [*] - snacks for more than a week. Does that mean you eat almost a pound of meat and skin every day? As snacks? How come you don't weigh 450?
Post #289,332 by Andrew Grygus 7/18/07 1:04:44 PM Reply	Remember now . . . . . at least half the weight of a pig foot is bone, which, contrary to what some here believe, I do not eat (and if I did bone isn't fattening). Pigs feet take some effort to eat so you can't just scarf them down, and they're quite satisfying so they reduce my hunger for snacking on other stuff too. Also, a week is 7 days, not 5 so "more than a week" would be .625 pounds per day max, or about .312 pounds actually consumable. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #289,360 by drewk 7/18/07 9:03:25 PM Reply	Nonplussed and if I did [eat the foot bones] bone isn't fattening Somehow I'm not the slightest bit surprised that you know that. === Kip Hawley is still an idiot. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]

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