The Daily Chatter..bit of everything

[Dotch]

LP dropped to $1.10 cash price net 10 days here.

[Rebel SS]

And gas went to $2.74 here...

[mike89]

still $2.59 here......... 

[Rebel SS]

What are porketta's goin' for?    None at my butcher shop.....

[Coffee118]

Gas went up to $2.99 here today.

[mike89]

What are porketta's goin' for?    None at my butcher shop.....

they were on sale for $1.99 when I get the last one......     not sure who you could go to to get one down there.... 

[Rebel SS]

Ya think this perfect town would have a real one.....boned, rolled, and stuffed. Nope.

[mike89]

to bad, still working on the lime pepper for ya...  FF here dropped it too I think......  dang it....

[mike89]

I see the bill to go hands free cell phone passed, will likely be law by the end of this week they say.......

[Rebel SS]

to bad, still working on the lime pepper for ya...  FF here dropped it too I think......  dang it....

Ah, that's OK, Mikey. I've got enough bottles of seasoning and spices to open my own shop!!! 

[delcecchi]

Ya think this perfect town would have a real one.....boned, rolled, and stuffed. Nope.

want it done right, do it yourself.   

Iron Range Porketta
Why This Recipe Works

Not to be confused with Italian porchetta, Iron Range porketta is a fennel-and-garlic-seasoned pulled pork hailing from Minnesota. Butterflying the pork butt sped up cooking, and cutting a crosshatch in the surface ensured that the seasoning—a mixture of granulated garlic, crushed fennel seeds, salt, and pepper—penetrated. Before roasting, we topped the meat with sliced fresh fennel for a second layer of flavor.
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Ingredients
3    tablespoons fennel seeds, cracked
   Salt and pepper
2    teaspoons granulated garlic
1    (5-pound) boneless pork butt roast, trimmed
1    fennel bulb, stalks discarded, bulb halved, cored, and chopped
8    crusty sandwich rolls
Instructions
Serves 8
Headnote

Pork butt roast is often labeled Boston butt in the supermarket. This recipe calls for granulated garlic, which has a well-rounded garlic flavor. It is golden and the texture of table salt. Garlic powder is paler, with the texture of flour, and can be acrid. Don’t confuse the two or substitute garlic powder in this recipe. To crack the fennel seeds, spread them on a cutting board, place a skillet on top, and press down firmly with both hands. The porketta tastes best when the raw meat sits for a full 24 hours with the spices.
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1. Combine fennel seeds, 1 tablespoon salt, 2 teaspoons pepper, and garlic in bowl. Butterfly pork and cut 1-inch crosshatch pattern, ¼ inch deep, on both sides of roast. Rub pork all over with spice mixture, taking care to work spices into crosshatch. Wrap meat tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 6 or up to 24 hours.

2. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees. Unwrap meat and place in roasting pan, fat side down. Spread chopped fennel evenly over top of roast. Cover ­roasting pan tightly with aluminum foil. Roast pork until temperature registers 200 degrees and fork slips easily in and out of meat, 3 to 4 hours.

3. Transfer pork to carving board and let rest for 30 minutes. Strain liquid in roasting pan through fat separator. Shred pork into bite-size pieces, return to pan, and toss with ½ cup defatted cooking liquid. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Divide meat among rolls and serve.

[mike89]

just took a look at the Canal Park camera's for the ships thinking the east wind would be bad, WOW it's all iced up from the ice getting blown in!!!  ice breaker time again!!!

[Rebel SS]

Wow! No kidding! And listen to the wind!!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.duluthharborcam.com/p/canal-park-cams.html

[Rebel SS]

Lotsa folk still without power.....and Dotch is one of 'em. Just heard from him....said hoping to have it back tomorrow..... that sucks! 

Freeborn county/ national guard just opened up three emergency shelters in Albert Lea and Clark's Grove area.....

[mike89]

that sucks!!!  but the wind rain and snow are wrecking havoc on them!!

[Rebel SS]

Man, I feel for them, there's nothing that they can do, except wait it out. Tough part is it's winter.  Ya ever notice when they interview the power people, it's at their office, and the power is always on?!

[mike89]

dey gots a generator......

[LPS]

Good luck Dotch.  Doesn't take electric to fire up his Weber.

[Rebel SS]

Hope he has a good supply of his antifreeze in the cupboard. 

[LPS]

Hey! We haven't heard from Rebbie today.  Ya think he is over at the NL's house have cookies?     I hope the grumpy old bugger is ok.  Of course he wouldn't over do it.   

[Gunner55]

Maybe  glenn tired him out that or the NL's got him tied up somewhere.

[LPS]

Again?   

[Rebel SS]

Mikey gets out for his first Spring ride.....

[Rebel SS]

It's those danged snakes again! Shoulda called Dotch, he likes 'em!!! 
Where else, but in CAWchester?!


https://www.kaaltv.com/news/man-allegedly-hallucinates-shoots-self-in-foot/5320412/?cat=10151

[LPS]

 

[Rebel SS]

Barry, are you going to be cooking any of yer goodies for the fest? 


https://visitwarroad.com/a-taste-of-warroad-2019/

[Rebel SS]

Gas just hit $2.79 here.................

[mike89]

2.69 to 2.75 here.....

[Rebel SS]

Crazy!!!!!!!!!!

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[Rebel SS]

Guess Bruce/Caitlynn can't go to school now....


https://kttc.com/news/top-stories/2019/04/17/naval-academy-will-bar-transgender-students-in-fall-2020-2/