Thursday 17 January 2013

Rent a Daughter


We love weird monikers here in the woods and wilds of Canada.  Rent-a-Daughter is one.  I have a few friends with amusing monikers.  "Slim"  for a fat guy is an example.  Then one of my rent-a-daughters is nicknamed The Wagonburner as she is from the Secwepemc First Nations.   
That's called Shuswap in the newspapers usually. It is politically incorrect to say things like Wagonburner for a First Nations person.  We go with the flow because she named herself that.  But she insists that we preface the nickname with THE.  It is like royalty.....THE  Queen


  
She phoned last night to tell me about a new recipe with pork chops and onions and apples.  
I tried it tonight, but didn't have apples so used some home- canned peaches.  It was very good with some mashed potatoes and 


mashed turnips.  
Tomorrow the leftovers will be good over a fresh pot of rice.  I don't even like cooking but being stuck in the house in the Canadian winter, I am willing to try something different.
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  1. Ien in the Kootenays18 January 2013 at 00:38

    That looks delicious! I quite enjoy cooking, and wish I had not read Annie Proulx' novel "That old Ace in the hole", which describes what the commercial pork farms do to the animals, the land and the people living nearby. So I don't buy pork.Though occasionally we will get smokies. Not perfect.

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    1. Unknown19 January 2013 at 01:26

      The Picton Farm thing stopped me from buying pork in a store. We get our pork and beef usually from friends at ranches.

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  2. Terri D18 January 2013 at 08:22

    That does look good! I'm sure the peaches added the same sweetness that the apples would. Yum!! I think nick-names (or monikers) are fine when they are used with love and good fun. They can be endearing, actually. It is cute that THE Wagonburner wants THE distinction used with her name. Have a good Friday, Karyn!!

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  3. DianeOart18 January 2013 at 21:27

    Pork is good with lots of different fruits, I cooked some with apples, peaches, oranges, pears, prunes, pineapples, cherries, grapes, most of the small sweet fruits always turned very good. Mostly I use whatever I have on hand.

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    1. Unknown19 January 2013 at 01:29

      You are so right. It just worked, and Old Man Watching just ate and ate. He didn't seem to complain like he usually does about fruit or sweet stuff combined with "real meat". He is getting used to curry dishes too. It makes me laugh.

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  4. nomadtraveller22 January 2013 at 12:39

    I have never tried peaches with pork, but sounds good.

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