Florida crock pot pork

Here is a great recipe I came across while reading a family members journal. I changed it a little to make it easier and it came out wonderful.

So as the story in the journal went; they were down to the last of the pork and it was up to the voodoo princes to come up with a hearty dish that would fill the guts of all on the ship. She decided to make a stew but being low on vegetables... it ended up being eaten with the last of the bread.

And belly's stayed full for two nights.

So my version.... follows.

Florida Crock Pot Pork

3 lbs of pork butt or shoulder (originally this was for 16lbs of pork. What ever pork you have on hand should work but you may have to add lard to drier cuts)

1 can of ro-tel (or use tomatoes, onions, and chili peppers)

1cup of fresh squeezed Florida OJ ( ok I used fresh bottled OJ)

1/4 medium onion

1/4 tsp of cinnamon

1/2 tsp of cumin
1tsp oregano

6 cloves of crushed garlic (the recipe called for an ungodly amount)

1/4cup of brown sugar

1tsp black pepper

1tsp sea salt

Put the liquid in the crock. Add the butt. Add the spices and garlic and onion. Cook on high for 8 hours. If it dries up you could add water but it is better on the dry side. It should be completely falling apart when done.

In a frying pan add lard or bacon grease. Enough to coat the pan but that's it. Shred up pork into the sauce in the crock pot. Pull some out and fry it in the pan. Flip it over and fry both sides. Serve on buns or bread.



What it looks like before it is fried. Skim off the oil sitting on top.

The recipe called for cayenne pepper as well but I'm not a big lover of spicy so I left that out. If you like the heat, go for it. And you can add what ever spicy peppers as well while frying. Such as jalapeno or habanero. We put bar-b-q sauce on top after it was fried, served it on potato buns and it was good.

Pimento spread

I love pimento spread I guess it's suppose to be a really southern thing to eat but I have no idea why. This is my recipe it is so easy and only takes like 5 minutes to whip up. I guess you could make everything like the mayonnaise and all from scratch if you liked but I always try to go the simpler route.

Jared pimento peppers

package of cream cheese

course shredded sharp Cheddar cheese

Mayonnaise

garlic powder

salt

Cheyenne pepper

onion powder

Let the cream cheese soften, then mash with a fork so it is even softer add the chopped pimento's and seasonings to taste. You could go with paprika if you don't like spicy foods but to give it a good flavor I like the Cheyenne. Add a little cheddar at a time it should be equal Cheddar to cream cheese. You want it to be easily spreadable so... add as much mayonnaise as needed to achieve that. Usually a table spoon or so. In the end it should look orange between the cheddar and the Cheyenne. Let it chill about an hour and spread on crackers sandwiches or what ever floats your boat.

Peanut butter pie!

My grandfather loved peanut butter and peanuts. When I was a kid and we visited relatives in Florida we always had to stop and get some boiled peanuts and a water melon. He always had peanuts on hand to eat. He liked the ones with the skin on still.  I know he would have loved this pie.

Peanut Butter Pie

As usual I didn't measure anything I just went on a word of mouth recipe. This pie is easy to make and inexpensive yet fancy enough to empress.

You need...

1 to 2 cups of powdered sugar

1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter(more or less)

1gramcracker pie crust

1big box of vanilla pudding

whip cream

Now all you do is mix the powdered sugar with the peanut butter till it is the color of brown sugar. It should be like crumbs. So start with the powdered sugar and then gradually add the peanut butter and mix, mix, mix.

After your pie crust is ready to fill and cool, if you baked it with a coat of egg white, add a little less than 1/2 of the peanut butter crumbs to the bottom, spread out to about a 1/2 to 1 inch thick.

Then mix up the pudding, follow the pie filling recipe which has less milk, and pour on top of the crust. Place the pie in the refrigerator and allow the pudding to set up.

About an hour later place the remaining peanut butter crumbs on top of the pudding being careful not to smash down.

Then just top that with some whip cream and your done.

Eat up yum!

I could see making this with all sorts of variations. You could add bananas and call it the Elvis pie. You could use a chocolate crust and call it a peanut butter cup pie. You could use any different flavor pudding. Bottom line this pie was easy and yum!