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July 4, 2015

March 14, 2012

Holiday Roast

This has become one of our favorite holiday meats. It runs a close second to honey-glazed ham at Christmas; and has all but replaced the turkey on our Thanksgiving table.

We begin by asking the butcher to "butterfly" a pork loin roast.

Our favorite filling is dried cranberries, chopped dried apricots, chopped dried plums(prunes) or raisins, slivered almonds, rosemary & a good Merlot soaking.

Open the meat out flat.

Season with kosher salt & fresh ground pepper.

Spread filling as evenly as possible across meat.

Roll tightly (you'll probably have to keep cramming the fruit back in on the edges...) & tie with butcher's twine.

Place fat-side up on rack in roaster. Season with salt & pepper.

Preheat oven to 350° and roast to desired brown-goodness.

Remove and let set for about 15 minutes before slicing. (Be sure to remove ties!)

(Please forgive blurry pics -- the steam was fogging my lens...)

This is the way we eat our rolled roast; but you could deglaze the drippings to make a savory sauce.

July 5, 2011

A coupla FOURTH gifts

When you're invited somewhere for a BBQ, it's only fitting you should help with food. (I brought 5 gallons of iced tea & some simple syrup.)

When you're invited somewhere for a BBQ & you captain a small army of large scavengers, it's fitting that you should also bring a flag cake.

When you're invited somewhere for a BBQ & you invite somebody from church with nowhere to go, you should probably throw in a little hostess gift, such as a tea towel.

When you're invited somewhere for a BBQ & you're sitting there eating & you call up your sister & ask her to the BBQ, it's probably a good thing that you tossed in some matching coasters for the hostess...