Many years ago, too many frankly to remember, there was a television game show called Name That Tune. On it, contestants would compete to see who could identify a popular song hearing the fewest possible notes.
Live Cattle futures is the most liquid and actively traded of the meat complex. ("active and liquid" go hand in hand) Live cattle have a dominant ten-year cycle. This rhythm slow cooker pork belly has occurred like clockwork over the decades. Many major lows have occurred when this cycle was due to bottom. This past year the cycle has flipped phase to a high rather than a low, which is indicative of a major top forming. Indeed, cattle has set major historic highs on this ten year cycle. Many lows and highs occur in April-May time frame. Keep an eye on the market during this time period.
We didn't know what food we would be eating as the chef, Shannon Bennett, decides the menu on the day. Once we are seated at our table we are asked if anyone has any food allergies or what people will and won't eat. In our group we had one person who is lactose intolerant, me, a few who are vegetarian and a major pork belly burger eater.
Possibilities include tongue on rye with onions and spicy mustard; bone marrow and snails on toast, and salt cod with chorizo and black olive. Other offerings are a mouth-watering slow cooked belly pork Cubano sandwich and a plentiful pulled pork with coleslaw slathered between grilled poppy-seed hard rolls from neighborhood bakery, Fleur de Lys. For the less adventurous, order the meatball Parmigiano hero; Italian cured meats with provolone picante and hot peppers, or the roast beef with crispy onions and horseradish.
Black pudding (sometimes called blood pudding) is a soft-textured sausage made from the slow cooked pork belly and congealed blood of pigs or cattle (and to a much lesser extent that of sheep or goats). The blood is mixed with fillers like pork, beef, fat, oatmeal, bread, potato or barley to create a familiar sausage constancy.
Stab the pork with a knife a few times and rub the spices and salt on the flesh only (not the skin). I recommend layering the spices in the following order: spiced ginger powder, 5 spice powder, white pepper, salt and optional msg.
So who will walk away with the "Top Chef" title? As much as I loathe to even think it, the judges seem to have some kind of soft spot in their heart for Lisa. Her lousy attitude, temper tantrums, and poor performance have not once been noted. Could she go all the way? I'm afraid it is a distinct possibility. But I have to say the thought of such arrogance being rewarded makes me sick to my stomach.
Live Cattle futures is the most liquid and actively traded of the meat complex. ("active and liquid" go hand in hand) Live cattle have a dominant ten-year cycle. This rhythm slow cooker pork belly has occurred like clockwork over the decades. Many major lows have occurred when this cycle was due to bottom. This past year the cycle has flipped phase to a high rather than a low, which is indicative of a major top forming. Indeed, cattle has set major historic highs on this ten year cycle. Many lows and highs occur in April-May time frame. Keep an eye on the market during this time period.
We didn't know what food we would be eating as the chef, Shannon Bennett, decides the menu on the day. Once we are seated at our table we are asked if anyone has any food allergies or what people will and won't eat. In our group we had one person who is lactose intolerant, me, a few who are vegetarian and a major pork belly burger eater.
Possibilities include tongue on rye with onions and spicy mustard; bone marrow and snails on toast, and salt cod with chorizo and black olive. Other offerings are a mouth-watering slow cooked belly pork Cubano sandwich and a plentiful pulled pork with coleslaw slathered between grilled poppy-seed hard rolls from neighborhood bakery, Fleur de Lys. For the less adventurous, order the meatball Parmigiano hero; Italian cured meats with provolone picante and hot peppers, or the roast beef with crispy onions and horseradish.
Black pudding (sometimes called blood pudding) is a soft-textured sausage made from the slow cooked pork belly and congealed blood of pigs or cattle (and to a much lesser extent that of sheep or goats). The blood is mixed with fillers like pork, beef, fat, oatmeal, bread, potato or barley to create a familiar sausage constancy.
Stab the pork with a knife a few times and rub the spices and salt on the flesh only (not the skin). I recommend layering the spices in the following order: spiced ginger powder, 5 spice powder, white pepper, salt and optional msg.
So who will walk away with the "Top Chef" title? As much as I loathe to even think it, the judges seem to have some kind of soft spot in their heart for Lisa. Her lousy attitude, temper tantrums, and poor performance have not once been noted. Could she go all the way? I'm afraid it is a distinct possibility. But I have to say the thought of such arrogance being rewarded makes me sick to my stomach.
