Sunday Dinner

My hubby told me that he really liked the roast I made today. He said it was really good. When I tasted it I had a feeling he would like it, only because I wasn't too crazy about the taste. Isn't that funny?  I like my things to be savory, and love to add things that will make pork sweet. My husband prefers things to be seasoned, but not sweet, or sweet and spicy.  With him in mind I set about seasoning it and it paid off. Both him and my teenager liked it. So that makes me happy.

It was a picnic pork roast. It was a cut that came with a joint in it, I would say from the hip part of the leg. It was about four lbs, with the fat and skin still on it. I seared it in a very hot cast iron pan. That is currently sitting on the stove waiting to be seasoned again. Anyway, back to the roast.

I seasoned it with salt, pepper and some cumin. I then layered the bottom of the slow cooker with 2 small sliced sweet onions, with four cloves of garlic, a half of bunch of parsley, about a teaspoon of ginger, with a cup of water. I placed the roast on top. In the hot cast iron pan I added worcestershire sauce about 2 TBS, then about 1/2 of cup of low sodium soy sauce and about 1/4 cup of steak sauce to deglaze the pan. I then topped the roast with that and cooked it for about 6 hours on high. 

When we got ready to eat, I made sure I put some of it away first. I have learned that if you leave all the meat on the plate, you won't have leftovers, so take them first, call them firstovers and then you will have some for either a sandwich,or fried rice later in the week.

What I didn't like was the roasted garlic taste, for some reason I have never been a fan. I can tolerate it at this point, but if it was just me I would have left out the garlic, or maybe minced it really fine. And I would have added brown sugar. To me that would have been really yummy, and maybe some pineapple juice. But I knew that my husband would love the garlic and the cumin. At least I know what he likes and I can play to that when it is a meal we will both be eating. Most nights of the week it is just me and the boys, so I can make anything really. But I don't always want to go to all the extra work.  

Tomorrow, I will need to make more bread. I need to get more loaf pans, so I don't have to make it so often. But I can honestly say that is something I don't fear anymore, making wheat bread. It just took a little more practice and a little help from my mom. Thanks mom!