Small Thoughts for Small Minds

This is the barn across the street. Now if we only didn’t have a road between our house and this view, I’d be happier.

Maybe our NEXT house can have a bit more privacy…

I’ve been silent a long time. Why? My previous photo hosting site closed down (for new activity at least - luckily all the old pictures are still there…)

I haven’t found one that works well with this blog (the size that I want, etc.)

I don’t think I will find one that was as easy for what I want (good size for the blog posts with a link directly to the largest size).

Since I’ve stopped posting, I’ve been going nuts on my Flickr account.

So I’ll try to use that account for this blog. I’ll start off with a stuffed pork roast that I made on Saturday…

(Note: if you click on the picture, it will take you to the Flickr page for that picture. From there you can select a different size should you wish to do so.)

I stuffed the pork loin with apple, garlic, sun-dried tomatoes and chèvre (goat) cheese.

After stuffing the meat (and not in an inappropriate way AT ALL!), I rubbed in some salt, pepper, garlic powder, chili powder and paprika. Then I seared the outside in some olive oil.

I don’t have a roast rack, so I improvised with the rack from the toaster oven and some knives:

Getting ready to go into the oven:

The final results weren’t up to my expectations. (I make stuffed pork loin fairly often - it can be found for $1.99 per pound at Kroger every other week or so. When you cook for nine people you have to look for deals…) The taste was very nice, but the outside was a bit too crisp (a bit hard) and the inside was not as moist as I normally achieve. The stuffing flavors worked well, so it was just a matter of execution…

If you look at this, let me know how the pictures and links work for you (at least compared to the previous image hosting site).