He cooks, he cleans, he is my Wonderful. Over the weekend we were trying to figure out what to do with our old (never used by us) printer from his grandparents, and Mr. Wonderful noticed an ink stain on the carpet. We have no idea where the ink is coming from, but every now and then it just inks. He started panicking and asked if it would come out and I directed him to the linen closet for the stain remover we have, which is actually for laundry, but not exclusively if you ask me. He came back with it, still panicking, "what do I do now? What do I do?" he was asking as he sprayed it on the spots. I told him to let it sit for awhile and then come back with a cloth and dab, not rub. He came back a bit later with a cloth asking, "Dab, rub, dabrubdab?" I told him dab, yes, and he started at it and lo and behold, there was no longer a stain. He was remotely surprised that it worked but now he knows for a lifetime how to remove a stain. Thank goodness!
Even better, however, last night he made pork chops. Usually if he's designated the cooking job for the night we'll end up eating pasta with no sauce, mac and cheese, or ramen. I am now beginning to think this was a ploy to keep me from desiring him to cook, because last night, without writing a thing down, I gave him verbal direction on how to cook pork chops before I left to help a friend with a Comp assignment. When I came home the apartment smelled delicious and we had some very tasty pork chops stored away in the refrigerator, which we ate for lunch today. I'm so proud of my hubby!
Get them while they're young, that's all I'll say!
Now, for those of you wanting to expand your cooking skills, or perhaps teach someone an easy way to cook pork chops (or large slices of pork tenderloin), here's what we do:
Pour enough vegetable or olive oil in the bottom of a skillet to cover the bottom. This varies depending on the size of your skillet.
If you want seasoning, make a dry rub, and rub it on entire chop, but pork chops are fine plain. For beginners, sprinkling some seasoned salt, garlic, or just salt and pepper works fine, or use a favorite seasoning. (My husband just cooked them straight up, no seasoning, and we seasoned them before eating).
Place them on skillet and turn stove on to Medium heat. Cook for 9-10 minutes, then turn over and cook for another 8 minutes. To prevent from dry meat, turn only once.
When time is up, voila! You have some pork chops. Hooray for you (or your friend/relative/college student), congrats on your new cooking skills and enjoy!
Blog #18, done! Now go impress a friend.
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