Getting ready for house guests at SuperBowl: this is nine pounds of pork belly, as it came into the house, rubbed with ground red and crushed black pepper, and brining in apple cider, molasses, salt,...
Pierogies Assembly Line. I had a lot of pierogi filling left: cabbage, onions, beef, and cream cheese. So last night I made a quadruple batch of pierogi dough, let it chill overnight in the fridge....
More fun with cast iron. This is a "Colonial breakfast skillet" by Griswold since about 1910. This one (I have two) is just shy of a hundred years old, based on the style of logo and markings. It is...
The pickled eggs are amazing! Surprisingly not too spicy (they're pickling in habanero vinegar, with the habaneros in it), the little bit of cane sugar nicely cut the edge of the vinegar, the garlic...
