With this weather is it any wonder we are pulling out the crock pot? I just want to sit in front of the fireplace and vegetate. With that said, how about a nice beef stew in the crock pot? That is just my speed on a day like today. Rump Roast 5 to 7 pounds (available at your local meat market) 8 small, sweet onions, peeled and halved 3 pounds of carrots (peeled and cut) 5 red skinned potatoes cut…
Well, New Year’s Eve is right around the corner. I can’t tell you where 2014 went. It is such a blur. We have to have our traditional New Year’s Eve dinner of sauerkraut and pork with black-eyed peas and mashed potatoes. I think that is Southern through and through. I have 2 crock pots filled with pork and sauerkraut that will be ready tomorrow night. You still have plenty of time to make your dish. I like to cut the…
There is nothing like beef tenderloin to put an exclamation point on the Christmas dinner. At the local meat market you can order your beef tenderloin. It will be trimmed and the trimmings will be ground so you don’t lose one ounce of that delicious beef. Whether you want to grill your steaks or create a masterpiece like Beef Wellington you should contact your local butcher shop to prepare the meat for you. Beef Wellington 3 to 4 lbs. of Beef…
Here we are the week before Christmas. This year I decided to start a new tradition in our home…putting together a Christmas themed puzzle. I had visions of the Butcher and I before a roaring fire sharing stories and working on this masterpiece. Well, reality hit last night as I sent the Butcher for a card table to put in front of the fireplace so we could start on the puzzle. I was sitting on the hearth. He was on…