For Your Safety

 

I have a public service announcement.

At the below web site you can check the latest recalls of all edibles and medicines in the US.  With the way businesses are being so careless... there is a lot of them.

Some notices are for undeclared stuff like nuts, dairy, or wheat.  Others are for pathogens such as E coli, Salmonella,  Bacillus cereus, etc.

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts 

New BFF

 Living out here in The Sticks, we have most of the wildlife you'd expect in NW Tennessee... deer, opossum, raccoon, ground hog, coyote, fox, and more.  We quickly found out that having a traditional compost pile was a waste of effort.

So now we place vegetable and fruit scraps at the edge of our yard.  All the above come down for their nightly yum-yums.

One little guy has discovered that hitting the buffet early has big advantages.  And we have the fun of watching him!

Pork Chops with Sweet & Sour Peppers (Gordon Ramsey)

Second recipe from my Gordon Ramsey cooking class - Pork Chops with sweet & sour peppers. 

 I used tenderloin as that is what I had.  It is excellent and VERY easy.  Recommend!  The below is a link to the recipe:

https://bingeworthybites.com/gordon-ramsays-pork-chops-with-peppers    

 

Never Again

 

New Bird in Town

  

Prothonotary Warbler

We have a pair that are nesting around our home.  Mister showed up first and we quickly found what a jerk of a bird he is...

The photo is take from the window Persia sits in.  Until Missus arrived, he would harass the cat all day long ~ even flying into the window banging his wings.  Persia really hates that bird.

Now he attacks the other birds.  He almost killed a tiny gnatcatcher.  Himself had to intervene so the little one could get to cover.  We basically don't have small birds in our yard now.  Except for the hummingbirds.  He's gone after them but they are like, "Is that the best you can do?  You fly like a buzzard!"

Personally, I wish they would LEAVE!! 

Karaage

 Hey... I cooked again tonight!  Amazing I know.  I had leftover pork tenderloin from last night that needed to be cooked.  And there was a recipe posted on a Japanese cooking FB group that used pork (it is usually done with chicken thighs).  It's a marinated deep fried yummy called Karaage.

 Another keeper recipe.  I very rarely deep fry so I have to up my skill set!

The recipe says 'chicken' but basically you can go with anything you've got.  I bet steak would be amazing...  For the dipping sauce I used "Yum Yum Sauce" which can be found at Walmart.

Review: Music City Gyros in Clarksville, TN (Sango area)

 

One of our new favorite restaurants is a food truck.  Music City Gyros is a Nashville 'chain' that is spreading into neighboring cities.  Here in Clarksville it is located in the Food Lion parking lot (across from Walmart) at the intersection of Hwy 76 and Hwy 41A.

The gyro meat is perfect.

I usually get the gyro platter.

Himself goes for the chicken salad.

I've tried the veggie platter too.

For dessert - baklava.  It is not swimming in honey so it is perfectly crunchy.

One day we decided for our movie night to have pita and hummus.  The pita bread soaks up the smokiness from the gyro grill.  It is AMAZING!! 

The meals are at the $10 mark and it is enough for 2 meals. 

Give it a try!  You won't regret it.