Big Arse Pork Chop Tonight

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This is my first time with a big arse chop. I’ve had fatty chops and large chops, but never a big arse chop. This is not the type of chop for a quick fry. I will fry and brown on all sides then stick in a moderate oven to finish off. I have huge drooly, anticipation that it will taste lovely. I’m working hard to get the texture right.

Pepper Fennel

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Though an awesome name for an emerging investment banking firm, it’s actually a little dish to be served with some veal-roast-turn-curry.

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My ” ‘n’ sauce ” has evolved into some form of curry. I love curry and IT MUST be made from scratch. Absolutely no cheats or pastes allowed. If you have leftover meaty bits, stick it in a curry. Cauliflower surprise works better than rice for rice. But if you ate the cauliflower, reach for pepper-fennel. Triple ‘A’ rating guaranteed.

Pig Day

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We got ourselves a big arse pig.  It was a pastured pig.  An older pig.  A pig noir. A pig that was big.  Big pig legs.  Big pig chops.  Let’s just say it was big.

This is one chop held by a man hand.
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And this is future bacon

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And here is … I don’t know what that is, but it looks delicious. We’ll get the black hairs off, don’t worry.

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Here is our big arse leg for drying

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Here is a very attentive retriever

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Here is my healthy lard

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