Pork Presents
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| Pork Carnita Taco with Greek Yogurt & Smoky Chipotle topping |
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| Carnita Tacos with CHB Smoky Chipotle Habanero |
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| Black Iron Skillet Slow Roasted Pork Carnitas |
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| Fire Roasted Passilla Green Chile's |
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| Cilantro, Cherry Tomato CHB Garlic Key Lime Salsa Fresca |
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| Fire Roasted Green Chile /Pork Chile Verde |
Today I sent a text. "Brig the Xbox and well set that up!"
Response - "I have a pork loin to bring you too!
My cooking senses made me second look the text. Pork Loin?...I said to myself.
My Reply - "Video Games and pork.. You are one hot women!"...."Thanks"
My daily routine now sent in to Cooking mode. What can I do with a Pork Loin today? Just cook it, read the back of the label? Chop up? Stir Fry? Chili Verde?....
I can do that. Whats the schedule. Christmas tree....Pull ornaments check emails, Costco set up Christmas tree, make chili Verde.
Its slow cooking now. The house smells like a home. Kids negotiating the Xbox Adults crafting. Me finally resting and getting a chance to recall the moments that make the day. The idea of a hot meal at the end of the day. Untangling the tinsel. Thinking that, I don't think I can get that chili done if I try to untangle this nest of past Christmas. Trying to slow down. keep in mind that not everything needs to get done. Just do the things I have done, the best I can. And always.. always know that you will sit down and finish something. Eating a hot meal with family and friends.
The past few minutes just to these events. The Campaign is not flat! Nice. Full glass cold, my mouth on fire.. just finished the first bowl of Chili Verde. We served it over the Spanish rice. Stove Hot..Chili Hot?.. This is just hot.. now.. slow linger burn helped quenched with Cold Champagne. Whew.
The Chili Verde is Hot. I Think the seasoning that was marked "Habanero".. really had Habanero in it. The Passilla chili's that I roasted were warm but not hot. The extra canned roasted green chili's were standard mild a little peppery. .I really need to remember to change the labels on my spices or date them.
Another Bowl.. and the night is finished....
Habanero Garlic Key Lime Pistachios - I wanted to generate some more ways to use my sauces and I live in Chico Ca and this area produces nuts.. From what I have been told up to 90% of our nations nuts come from Northern California. I was testing out Almonds first and I am still trying to find a supplier who can roast and package our recipes. I seem to find the right people at the right time. I found our current Pistachio connection while playing poker across the street from my house. I had some of my spicy almonds with me sharing for the game and he said to me Have you ever thought of coating Pistachios. I said yes but had not tried it. It turned out he manages a Pistachio Ranch called Fiddyment Farms out of Lincoln Ca and had almost 100 lbs in his truck. He was dropping off for St. Patricks day and they were dyed green. I asked if he could do it? He jumped right on it I gave him a few gallons of sauce and a week later samples were on my door! We tried all three flavors of sauces Garlic Key Lime, Sweet Smoky Chipotle and the Sweet Ginger Garlic. They were done with the shell on and just the kernels. All of them were AMAZING. We showed the for the first time at the Sunset Magazine Celebration Weekend. Instant hit! The only draw back was that two of our sauces have a high sugar content and when they are roasted they carmalize. Then when you open them they tend to draw in the moisture and get sticky and are messy to eat. The kernels on the other hand are more manageable and are an easy way to add a great kick to Salads and Stir Fry's. The other items was that they don't come across as hot as the Sauces are when out of the bottle. I decided to do a larger production with just the Garlic Key Lime in the Shell. Most people who were looking for a spicy snack were expecting a spicy snack. So the Garlic Key Lime is the hottest and was the best selling. So currently I sell the Garlic Key Lime in 1/2 lb and 1 pound resealable bags. I would like to sell to a larger audience but these are a limited run item for now and can be purchased through our website and at the Farmers Market. The mark up a store has to put on them puts the price tag kind of high. But then again these are done in Small Batches hand roasted and packaged. These are not a mass produced product sold under another name. These are proprietary using only our signature sauces and pistachios. NO SALT ADDED. 