This old style dinner was developed where the folks spent all day doing psychical labor. This is a rich honest taste of just plain good!
Slave was just studying the “Maillard reaction”. How the amino acids and the natural sugars in food create tasty “dicarbonyls”. This is the science behind why we “brown” the meat! Or carmelize the onions. Slave apologizes for perhaps not allowing that to happen enough so that this would be more photogenic. Maybe adding some chopped chives over the top would have added interest. Remember we taste first with our eyes.
Ingredients:
two 1 inch thick pork chops
1 medium yellow onion
2 cups chicken stock
1 small can of mushrooms pieces and stems, drained
3 tbs all purpose flour
Salt and pepper to taste, maybe some Herbes de Province if you like.
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For the sides:
Mikl's
Magic Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients:
For the potatoes:
4 red potatoes peeled & diced
4 red potatoes peeled & diced
1/3
cup non
fat half-and-half
2 ounces unsalted butter
¾ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 egg yolk
2 ounces unsalted butter
¾ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 egg yolk
Directions:
Peel
and dice the potatoes. Cover with cold water. Set over high heat,
cover and bring to a boil.
Once
boiling, uncover, lower the temp so that you just maintain the
simmer. cook 10 to 15 minutes.
Heat
the butter and ½ & ½ in microwave till melted about 25 sec.
Drain
the potatoes and mash, add the half and half, butter, salt and pepper
as you mash until you get the right texture. Remember if at first
it seems like its too runny, keep mashing and it will firm up.
When
you are happy with it, stir
in the yolk until it is well mixed in.
Roasted Fresh Broccoli
2 heads of fresh broccoli (between ½ and 1 lbs)
large pinch of kosher salt
2 tbs of oil (Slave used some of that left over oil from the confit - HEAVEN)
Directions:
Soak
fresh produce in a bath of water with ½ cup of white vinegar for
about 5 minutes, then swish it out.
Cut
the stalk to within a half inch of the bushy part. Break the little
heads apart with your fingers. Put them in a bowl with the oil and
stir them all around to get a slight taste of oil on all of it.
Spread
out on a foil lined sheet and roast in a 400 degree oven for between
20 to 25 minutes. Check them about half way and if some are getting
dark, turn the pan around so it is even.
Main dish
directions:
Wash off the chops and dry. With a shape knife cut slits in the fat down to the meat along the side. This lets the chop cook flat. Otherwise the side with fat will draw-up and almost form a bowl.
Sprinkle with kosher salt and season with any pepper or preferred seasonings.
Heat about 2 tbs of oil in a covered deep frying pan. Then brown both sides of the chops about 5 minutes per side. Remove the chops and cover with foil.
While that is browning, drain the mushrooms and slice the onion. Slave chose to use a mandolin for this, but not important.
When chops are removed, add the onions and mushrooms. Stir and cook for about 6 minutes. This gets the water out of the mushrooms and turns the onions more transparent.
Sprinkle the 3 tbs of all purpose flour into the pan and stir for 2 minutes. Then mix in the 2 cups of chicken stock. Stir that for about 4 minutes until it thickens.
Return the chops to the pan and spoon the sauce over them. Cover and reduce the heat to a slight simmer and let cook for about 20 minutes. This step is to finish cooking the chops and to steep them with flavors.
Set them on a platter and with a slotted spoon dish the onions and mushrooms over them. Let sit to rest for 5 minutes while you:
Spoon the broccoli into a bowl. Dish out the mashed potatoes. Pour the sauce into a bowl.
Your fresh meal from scratch is ready to warm the tummies and hearts of all who partake.
Proclaiming
Who and What I am!
This interesting lesbian at my table had been a “Hitler Youth”! But what struck me was the very wealth of information, of existence sitting right here by my side. It could have been overwhelming. In this light social setting we chatted, joked and enjoyed each others company.
What
is it we call the collected wisdom, hurts, passions, and humor that
are all bound up in a person over a lifetime? What a marvelous quilt
of colors! A fantastic combination that makes this stew so hearty!
I
found myself wanting to share who and what I was to this unique
individual. Opportunities like that are rare.
Far
too long my existence has been limited. Now as I reemerge, I want to
hug everyone I meet. The overwhelming urge is to jump into the deep
end with as big of a splash as I can make. I want to share with
everyone the wonderful new life I have discovered. I have found the
real me, the reason I was born. At last I have a purpose in life.
Ah,
but there is a time and place for everything. Profound friendships
can and do accept but these don't happen instantly. Step boldly, but
chose where you put your foot!
How
does one start? How
many details are to be relieved? How to define without defending?
First
impressions have already been made.
The
only advice slave has
is to express the joy!
Actor
Chad Allen (child star & teen heart throb of TV's “Dr.
Quinn, Medicine Woman”) tells
of when an “ex” sold intimate pictures and “outed” him to the
press. He was advised to not make a statement of “coming out”
until it was GOOD NEWS! We
should all “lead with our
smile”. If we wish to share about ourselves, put the happiness
first!
Explaining
consensual
slavery
can be tricky. Yet I
start by
telling of the fantastic euphoria that enveloped me when my Master
Indy told me:
“I
Own You”!
(excuse
slave, just typing that out sends a shot of energy through this
body). It
defies explanation. Those
three words, in that order, from Him, at that time and place in the
universe, and everything changed!
I
am so very lucky to be able to feel such bliss. After
such a long life, such
a
long time searching, finally to
have found
what it is that fulfills me. This
is truly a heaven on earth. I would not trade it for anything. For
those that cringe or pull back: I am truly sorry you feel that way. I
hope you find something that feels as good to you as what I have
found feels
to me.
Don't expect me to apologize for what I was born to be!
Slave
admits to really enjoying the whispers heard
behind
my back when I so proudly wear my shackles. Or
my dog tag that proclaims me as a slave. It is my pride! It is who
and what I am!
No,
I do not think I am better than you in any way. I am only luckier! I
get to be
an expression that
brings
credit to the most important person in my life. I am allowed to do
things for Him. Things He could easily do Himself, yet
He
offers
me the opportunity to experience the joy of giving. The wonders of
nurturing
or spoiling. The
flush
of happiness I
get when
thinking
how I
can please and comfort Him.
Even the gift
of His orders
can
give pleasure.
Yes,
knowing that I am His property fills me with a purpose and strength.
Wearing his shackles frees
me. They
feel
like
antenna focusing energies of the universe into these
wrists that were made for shackles.
A
feeling of “oneness”
with all of the others who prefer not to be in the lead. slave
is
one of the
many
strong people who chose to offer the gift of submission to another.
If
you have ever offered to help someone, to comfort or to assist, then
inside you have felt just a small part of the joy slave
lives
24/7! Feel good for me, certainly don't pity me. For I have never
been happier in my life.
I
am a slave
I
am His property
Master
Indy OWNS me!
Loving
to serve My Master Indy
socialslave
To
satisfy and restore.
To
nourish, support and maintain.
To
gratify, spoil, comfort and please,
to
nurture, assist, and sustain
…..I
cook!
Please
buy slave's cookbook:
The
Little Black Book of Indiscreet Recipes by Dan White
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