God’s Perfect Meal There’s a reason The Earle invented The Sandwich. Yeah, yeah, everyone thinks it was a matter of convenience, the guy was hungry but he needed to get going so he put some meat between two slices of bread and hit the road, could eat with one hand while he was driving (wait, [...]

Ingredients: Leftover pork chops Leftover kielbasa Cheese (Swiss or Provolone) pickle red cabbage or cole slaw mustard A good roll What’s The Ultimate? Hey, a Pork Chop Sandwich can be as easy as a pork chop between two slices of bread. It gets better incrementally as you add mustard, cheese, pickle, dressing of some kind, [...]

You can get pizza in almost any country in the world. Roscoe makes it a point to have it wherever he goes (he says the best pizza is in Switzerland. Why? The cheese, of course.) But go somewhere other than the good ol’ U S of A and try to order a bowl of red. [...]

Ingredients: Leftover chili – warm Tortilla chips Cheese – pepper jack and your favorite, grated or chopped (about 1/2 lb total, more if you like) Green onions – chopped Got Chili? You made the chili just the way you like it, and everyone raved, and now you’ve got some left over. The heavy lifting is [...]

Ingredients: Leftover turkey and carcass Celery – 2 stalks, chopped; 2 stalks for stock Carrots – 2, for stock Red onion – 1 sliced; 1 chopped for stock Okra – 1/2 to a pound, chopped Red pepper – 1, chopped Worcestershire, Cholula Garlic salt and pepper, cayenne, etc. Red wine Beer Red wine vinegar Vegetable [...]

Ingredients: Italian Sausage – 2 lbs., casing removed White beans – 1 bag dried; Navy or cannellini (as long as they’re white) Stock – 8-10 cups, make your own or canned, beef or chicken Celery – 2 stalks, chopped Red pepper – chopped Red onion – chopped or sliced 2-3 carrots – chopped White wine [...]

Ingredients: Pulled Pork Can Black Beans Red onion Red pepper Spicy Brown Mustard Tortillas – Corn or flour, or both Pepper Jack Cheese Olive oil, Worcestershire, Cholula Spices Green onion Cilantro Salsa You Just Can’t Get Enough Pulled Pork Pork Butts went on sale again and you had no choice, you had to buy a [...]

Ingredients: Fresh Tomatoes – 2 or 3 medium sized, chopped Red onion – about half, sliced up Garlic – 2-6 cloves, chopped White wine – Hey, red works, too Olive oil, Worcestershire, Cholula Herbs – fresh if you can: basil and oregano Green onion – 2, chopped Pasta – whatever kind you like, about 3/4 [...]