I often use a knife and corkscrew when making a meal, but a few days ago I had to add pliers and a screwdriver to my cooking tools for the first time. I was determined to use the garlic-apple cider I wrote about last week to cook a pork roast as Carole suggested. I couldn't uncork the bottle initially, but after 15 minutes of prying, poking, cutting, and pulling, the cork finally gave way.
If you ever come across someone making their own cider and they ask you if you want a bottle of their finest garlic-apple, take them up on it! John and I both thought it made a delicious dinner, and I'm looking forward to the leftovers (and hopefully maybe even some more delicious varieties of cider from our friend)!
Your cooking tools made me laugh out loud! I don't know that I've ever had to resort to pliers . . . but I have used a screwdriver on particulary stubborn corks before. ;-) Your dinner looks fabulous -- and I'm so happy the cider worked so well. We have a few friends who make their own cider, and it's amazing the weird and kind of "out there" flavor combinations they come up with. I've never seen one with garlic (yet), but will keep your dinner in mind if I ever do. XO
ReplyDeleteThe only time we've used pliers for cooking was when we used to eat meat, and would clean the turkey for Thanksgiving. We used pliers to pull out the tendons, as I'd been taught by my father. :-)
ReplyDeleteHahahaha - you had me laughing out loud. Next thing I know you'll be adding a saw to your devices.
ReplyDeleteI bet that roast was so yummy! I wish I had friends who brewed their own cider.
Enjoy the weekend Bonny!
Oh my!! That sounds so good!
ReplyDeletewe have pliers in the kitchen however, I've never used them for cooking :) I find opening jars the challenging thing and I insist that I was the one who loosened it up when my husband opens it for reals.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds yummy and so worth the extra tools
ReplyDeleteI had to laugh at your cooking tools, but I used pliers just the other day to open a bottle of wine with a tough to open screw top...no one could open it, so I got the pliers and they worked. Gosh, that pork roast looks good!
ReplyDeleteI love your kitchen creativity! I have a pliers and a couple of screw drivers in my kitchen drawer, because you just never know what you might need!
ReplyDeleteThat pork sounds delicious!
ReplyDeleteThat's a Delay meal if I ever saw one! It looks delicious Bonny! And the pliers remind me of the refrigerator we had for years growing up. The handle (pull down) broke and we had pliers in there forever! Who know what else my mom did with them!
ReplyDeleteThe roast was the perfect way to use the garlic cider. Apples (and garlic) are perfect accompaniments for pork. I have used many creative implements to get stubborn corks from a bottle, but never pliers!
ReplyDeleteYour pork roast looks fabulous - YUM! I'm glad it worked out well. I have a huge junk drawer in my kitchen that is full of tools, and I believe I have used them all in my kitchen adventures. I have even used my hammer at times to break up things in a plastic bag. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!
ReplyDeleteI've always had pliers and screwdrivers in my kitchen drawer, but I don't think that I had ever actually used them in the kitchen before. Now that I know they work well on cider and wine bottles, I think I'll make sure to keep them in the kitchen for future use, and maybe also add a hammer!
DeleteOh my mom made such great pork roasts and GRAVY!!! Yours looks amazing. I had to laugh at your cork...Im known for that kind of thing here
ReplyDeleteJohn wanted gravy for the roast, so I made some, but to be honest, it wasn't very good. The garlic-apple cider was perfect to cook the pork roast in, but not to make gravy with.
DeleteGreat idea to use the cider in a recipe. I wonder how it would be in a little salad dressing? I say use the tools required.
ReplyDeleteThere is NOTHING better on a cold, damp day than a roast. Pork roast expecially!!!!
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