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[Telgin]

Pork loins are hard to cook.  The only way I've found to cook them so that they don't turn out dry as saw dust is to smoke them at a low temperature in an electric smoker.  Even slow cookers dry them out.

When I make BBQ, I use pork shoulders instead, and it seems to work pretty well.  Apply dry rub, smoke for 2 hours, then slow cook for about 8 hours more on low.  Sauce as desired.

Anyway, tonight, I made spaghetti nero with some cuttlefish ink my brother bought.  Turned out pretty good, but a bit salty this time for some reason.  I also put some shrimp in it to complement the slight seafood hints the ink adds to the spaghetti.

[Iduno]

Pork loins are hard to cook.  The only way I've found to cook them so that they don't turn out dry as saw dust is to smoke them at a low temperature in an electric smoker.  Even slow cookers dry them out.

When I make BBQ, I use pork shoulders instead, and it seems to work pretty well.  Apply dry rub, smoke for 2 hours, then slow cook for about 8 hours more on low.  Sauce as desired.

Yeah, loin is too good a cut of meat for that. Wrapped in fat (usually cheap bacon, but whatever fat you got), then grilled and cut into steaks. Medium should be enough, but medium-rare might be a bit chewy because it's pork.

Butts or shoulders or whatever is cheapest (after including any extra weight from a bone) is good in a slow cooker.

[Dunamisdeos]

Pork loin is a staple in my home.

I make it in the oven. I sear it in a pan first (20-30s a side or so on very high heat) then put it in the oven for 25m at 400 (more or less depending on the size of the lion). I season it with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and whatever else crosses my fancy. Sometimes I put a hoisin-based sauce over it. Tends to get all nice and sticky and good.

The end result is basically a medium-well pork loin, which is perfectly safe and keeps plenty of moisture inside. Served sliced.

[da_nang]

I decided to use my leftover pulled pork juices as a pizza sauce.

Two ham and champignon pizzas later, I find out it probably wasn't a good idea. Far too sweet, doesn't mesh well with the salty and spicy ham.

[scriver]

Today I made chicken-bacon-and-sundriedtomatoes-canneloni and it was very great. The recipe is not anything original I guess but I put the whole thing together in my head, so I am proud.

[Telgin]

Made shakshuka for the first time today, and made a few small mistakes.  I put in a bit more cayenne in than I should have, so it was spicier than I liked it, but the big mistake was overcooking the eggs.  I actually don't really like runny eggs, but for this I wanted to give it a shot.  Unfortunately, the eggs went from the whites not being cooked to oops the yolks are cooked through in about 2 minutes.

Oh well, I'll adjust the spices a bit next time and be more careful with the timing on the eggs.

[Iduno]

Made shakshuka for the first time today, and made a few small mistakes.  I put in a bit more cayenne in than I should have, so it was spicier than I liked it, but the big mistake was overcooking the eggs.  I actually don't really like runny eggs, but for this I wanted to give it a shot.  Unfortunately, the eggs went from the whites not being cooked to oops the yolks are cooked through in about 2 minutes.

Oh well, I'll adjust the spices a bit next time and be more careful with the timing on the eggs.

2 minutes? Yeah, eggs are usually cooked in 1 minute.

[scriver]

A Persian family friend gifted us a bunch of berberis berries like what she puts in here rice

And today I made berberis berry rice for the first time. I slightly burned the berries, because I have the attention span of half a goldfish.

Berberis berry rice is almost as great to say in English as in Swedish

For us it's berberisbärris

[Telgin]

Made shakshuka for the first time today, and made a few small mistakes.  I put in a bit more cayenne in than I should have, so it was spicier than I liked it, but the big mistake was overcooking the eggs.  I actually don't really like runny eggs, but for this I wanted to give it a shot.  Unfortunately, the eggs went from the whites not being cooked to oops the yolks are cooked through in about 2 minutes.

Oh well, I'll adjust the spices a bit next time and be more careful with the timing on the eggs.

2 minutes? Yeah, eggs are usually cooked in 1 minute.

Well, it's simmered at a low temperature and it took 8 minutes for the whites to stop being translucent.

[Sirus]

Found some recipes for different sorts of biscuits and rolls and things, and now I've caught the baking bug. Send help. And flour.

[TD1]

Dwarfy recommends cheesecake.

[scriver]

Raspberry caves are always great and easy to make.

If you can get rhubarb I have a great rhubarb, coco, and white chocolate muffins recepy I can translate. It's really great.

I always suggest October cake but it's the wrong season, sadly

[Iduno]

Made shakshuka for the first time today, and made a few small mistakes.  I put in a bit more cayenne in than I should have, so it was spicier than I liked it, but the big mistake was overcooking the eggs.  I actually don't really like runny eggs, but for this I wanted to give it a shot.  Unfortunately, the eggs went from the whites not being cooked to oops the yolks are cooked through in about 2 minutes.

Oh well, I'll adjust the spices a bit next time and be more careful with the timing on the eggs.

2 minutes? Yeah, eggs are usually cooked in 1 minute.

Well, it's simmered at a low temperature and it took 8 minutes for the whites to stop being translucent.

Putting a lid over the top helps some, although it can cook the yolk as well. I guess it needs a bit more heat?

[Telgin]

Probably so.  I actually tried it with a pot lid on it to help steam the eggs from above, and even used a transparent one so I could keep an eye on them.  That may actually have been the mistake: since I could see the eggs, I probably let them cook too long thinking they weren't done enough yet, but if I were taking the lid off and actually poking them I could have judged how done they were.

[Dunamisdeos]

Is this appropriate to post here? I think it is.

https://mckitterick.tumblr.com/post/178948984570 - tumblr trying to make an ancient archaeological grilled cheese.