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When Making Pulled Pork, What Meat Is Best?

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:46:44 +0000

Any instructions/hints/recipes on how to do this in order make a great pulled pork sandwich is much appreciated! Want to do it for the labor day weekend!!! I wonder which is the best cut of meat for this purpose. My friends told me that I don’t need to buy the most expensive ones, because cheaper are also great, thanks to the long, slow cooking process which makes the meat tender.

Healthy Recipes for Low Budgets

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:25:20 +0000

I’m 18 and live alone. I don’t know how to cook except simple things (eggs), so I eat fast food a lot but I want to eat healthy food from now on … so if you know a simply recipe please tell me. One more thing: I don’t have too much money to spend on food, so I need to be quite frugal and I’m not always willing to buy fruits and vegetables when they are out of their season. I hope you know what I mean… they get so expensive! Health asks for so much money!

Can I Cook Pressure Cooker Pulled Pork?

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:24:08 +0000

Looking for a new pulled pork pressure cooker recipe, something with a little more zing. I have a big barbecue party next Sunday and I want to impress my guests with my cooking skills. Some fancy side-dishes would also be very nice to have. Pickled cucumbers would be great, but I feel like I’m not original enough, because everybody makes pickles salad when we meet for such parties. I want to be different.

How To Cook The Healthy Way

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:35:05 +0000

Healthy cooking is easier than you’d think, if you know a few tricks. One of them is to find healthy recipes and to adapt the ones that are not that healthy to a better diet. By replacing sour cream with low-fat yogurt, of instance, you can enjoy the same great taste with much less fat.

Do You Know How To Cook Stuffed Pork Chops?

admin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:42:46 +0000

Cooking stuffed pork chops can be a real challenge if you’re not used to cooking at all. This is a list of mistakes to avoid if you don’t want to spoil the food:

Don’t buy thin chops. The meat cuts need to be thick, because you have to further slice them, to create those pockets which will host the stuffing inside. If the meat is not thick enough, you won’t be able to slice it, you’ll break it and your stuffing won’t stay inside.

Don’t overcook the pork chops. They are usually tender, but if you cook them too much, they will become difficult to chew and not nice at all. You’ll look like an amateur cook, a noob, somebody who’s touching the skillet for the fist time in life.

Don’t exaggerate with the stuffing. Although it’s nice to have a bigger quantity of it, if you try to stuff too much inside the chops, you’ll have a hard time cooking them and they won’t be made even.