Asian sticky pork belly burnt ends
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Asian Sticky Pork Belly Burnt Ends: A Delicious Twist on a Traditional Favorite

Have you ever had an idea for making something just stick in your head? The more try to ignore it or put it off, the more it just sits there, begging to be made. We had one of those ideas. Until we finally made it happen and wrote it up right here. By the time…

How to Make Canadian Bacon/Back Bacon: Much Better Homemade
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How to Make Canadian Bacon/Back Bacon: Much Better Homemade

This may not come as a surprise, but Canadian bacon is not called Canadian bacon in Canada. Oh, and it is not a round, tube-shaped ham. Far from the floppy, soggy ham you’ve seen strewn about on pizza, or unjustly represented by the weird, perfectly circular meat slices on eggs Benedict, real Canadian bacon—and even…

How to make Smoked Andouille sausage
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Andouille: Smoked Sausage Temperatures

Throughout the South, a key player on any BBQ menu is always a smoked sausage. Whether cheesy jalepeño, smoked garlic, applewood chicken, or any other variety, a great smokehouse will always feature a fantastic sausage, usually made in-house. But just because your backyard isn’t a famous Southern smokehouse doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have a great…

Fried Pork Tenderloin Sandwich

Fried Pork Tenderloin Sandwich

If you’ve ever been to a county or state fair in Indiana, Illinois, or Iowa, or even if you’ve ever stopped at a roadside diner in those states, you’ve probably encountered one of the Midwest’s great contributions to American cuisine: the fried breaded pork tenderloin sandwich. The breaded pork tenderloin is a marvel of simplicity:…