Hey Momo, What's For Supper?

 

It's an enchilada in a bowl, a recipe I developed myself.

Tabletop Homestead Posole

(ingredients with ** were produced here, those with * can be produced here)

**1 pound pork loin

* 1 large or 2 medium onions

**2 pints chile verde

* 2 pints canned tomatoes

* 1 tablespoon chopped garlic

1 tablespoon cumin

* 1 tablespoon dried oregano

* 1 tablespoon paprika

**1 pint canned pinto beans

**1 cup dried hominy

1/2 cup brown rice

cooking oil or *lard

water

salt

Cut pork loin into small cubes and brown well in a small amount of oil or lard.  Add chopped onions and salt to taste (helps sweeten and soften the onions).  Saute until onions are soft and beginning to brown a bit.  Add chopped garlic and saute another minute or so.  Deglaze the pan with about 1/4 cup water, scraping up all the browned bits.  Add chile verde, tomatoes, beans, spices, hominy and rice.  Add water to thin to a soup consistence (it will thicken as the rice and hominy cook.)  Simmer 1 hour or until the pork is tender and the hominy is soft.  Serve with grated cheddar or *crumbled goat cheese.

Till next time, Blessings.

Judy

Tidbits

Here's just a few quick tidbits I've collected recently and a quick post to let everyone know that all is well:

I want to highlight this installment of Michael Bunker's Off-Grid Living for Agrarians series.  In my opinion, it's the basis of thought and planning for anyone anticipating off-grid living regardless of their reasons for doing so.  It also sort of sent me off on the tangent I've been on the last couple of weeks, which I'll be posting on soon.

A nice post about investing from Homesteader Life 

Evaporative cooling for food

I was explaining to Lianna about making Machaca, a northern Mexican dried shredded dried meat I'm experimenting with.  I was telling her that it was made in the days before electricity, and that Momo was trying to learn about living without electricity.  She promptly responded, "Well, then turn all the lights and stuff off."

Till next time, Blessings.

Judy