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Monday, December 6
Chipotle Piggy
Dinner tonight.... There I was, shopping at Albertsons for the first time in many moons. Why? That is a very good question. Ok, there were some things on sale that I can actually use in my day to day life, but for the most part I was bluntly reminded of the impetus behind the many-moon lapse: horrible produce, long lines, and strangely MIA items (What, no cocoa powder in the baking section?? Not even Hershey's???).
The meat aisle confronted me with a rather clever marketing ploy: "regular" cuts of muscle such as loin, steak, rib, etc. were on sale while the frigid weather cheapo varieties were sporting astronomical digits. Heading home back up the canyon I was stocked with $3/lb pork loin steak instead of $4/lb oxtail and $4.50/lb stew meat. STEW MEAT! Jeezus.
As it turned out, the steaks were not too foul for grocery store specimens. I dry rubbed them with chipotle seasoning salt, pan fried until crispy outside and barely done throughout, then tossed them on a plate in the 250 degree oven to rest. On the side were some quickly assembled mashed potatoes with garlic and a Zingerman's crumbly ash-covered cheese that I've forgotten the name of. Despite being instant, the taters gained some ground with the additions. For my side I sauteed 1 whole bag of baby spinach with 1t bacon fat and ground aleppo pepper, then topped it with a few chopped walnuts and some more of that crumbly cheese.
While the spinach wilted I deglazed the piggy pan and made a quick gravy to serve over the steaks and potatoes. And that was it. The whole thing took about 30 minutes to cook, more than I expected but not too bad altogether.
Oh, and dessert was some of my fig-port-mint-honey ice cream. Damn, that's a weird but awesome flavor combo.
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