Posted in African, appetizer, castille, chile, Garlic, herbs, history, Meat, Mexican, Olive Oil, pepper, peppers, pimenton, pinchos, pork, racione, Spain, tapas, thyme, tradition, travel on Jun 6th, 2012
St. George, the patron saint of England, whose plucky, dragon-slaying derring-do is taken as emblematic of the English spirit, far from being a native of the British Isles, or for that matter, far from ever having come close to visiting them, was actually an adventurous squire of the modern-day country of Georgia who lived around […]
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Posted in cheap meal, cheese, crispy, Cuba, Cuban-American, easy, eating, Fast Food, gherkins, ham, lunch, mustard, Pernil, pickles, pork, Puerto Rican, sandwiches, tradition on Apr 17th, 2008
Cuba is synonymous with a few things in everyone’s mind, and whether or not you’re a commie, a weak-willed socialist-sympathizing pinko, or even a right-wing pseudo-fascist, there is much to admire about that politically-isolated island nation. It’s long and storied colonial history, the amazing preservation of its architecture and fleet of intact 1950s Chevrolet, its […]
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Posted in anchovies, cheap meal, easy, Garlic, herbs, Italian, lemon, Olive Oil, parsley, Pernil, pork, Recipe, Recipes, skin, slow cooking, thyme on Apr 6th, 2008
One of the tastiest and cheapest things I can buy in my grocery store is a bone-in pork shoulder. When I saw that they were on sale for 79 cents (YES, that’s right) a pound, I figured I’d pick one up. For only two of us, I bought the smallest one I found – a […]
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Posted in cheap meal, chicharron, culture, easy, entertainment, Garlic, juice, orange juice, Pernil, pork, Puerto Rican, Recipe, Recipes, slow cooking, spices, tradition on Jan 19th, 2008
Many, many moons ago, I published my recipe for pernil, the delicious Puerto Rican roasted pork butt/shoulder. Recently, I had a whole Saturday afternoon to try a longer and slower cooking method for my bone-in pork butt. I have to tell you, if you have the time I would advise cooking it this way as […]
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Posted in cheap meal, easy, lime, orange juice, Pernil, pork, Puerto Rican, Recipe, Recipes, slow cooking on Aug 21st, 2007
UPDATE: HAVE TIME TO COOK YOUR PERNIL LOW AND SLOW? CHECK OUT OUR UPDATED PERNIL RECIPE THAT CALLS FOR DOUBLE THE COOKING TIME! When preparing to bring dinner over our friends house for 6 adults, I scratched my head and couldn’t help but thinking, “What can we make that’s cheap?”. Pork shoulder, baby! The Puerto […]
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