Egg Nog Chipotle Battered Shrimp

On my Facebook page I post a “Topic For Discussion” each morning.  A couple of weeks ago the topic was Egg Nog.  The topic turned into a discussion with Laura of Laura’s Best Recipes on how hard it would be to come up with a couple of recipes that used Egg Nog as an ingredient. 

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Not Your Momma’s Hot Pocket!

Last week Celeste, my sweet wife, and I were watching “The Best Thing I Ever Ate” on the Food Network.  The episode was on BBQ and one of the hosts was eating at a Chinese restaurant with BBQ Pork Buns.  Celeste and I almost at the same time came up with the idea that we

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OINK! OINK! Pig Candy!

Bacon and brown sugar!

I can slave over a brisket or pulled pork and my friends will be thankful for a taste.  But if you ask many of them what one item they’d me want to make for them the answer is Pig Candy.  Who would have thought that combining bacon with brown sugar and a

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The Internally Self-basting Pork Loin

Cooked a pork loin tonight, but first for all you cold weather folks…It’s the end of October and I’ve got another new crop of tomatoes coming in. It’s nice to live here…

Friday Night Chicken & Sausage

My son and his girlfriend asked me a week ago if I would cook some grilled chicken. He was very specific it was to be grilled and NOT smoked. I guess I’ve been putting to much smoked meat on the table.

A little John Henry’s Wild Cherry & Chipotle Rub on the chicken.

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