Porcine Victory

It is amazing how small victories can delight a cook. The other day I had bought a pork chop to serve at dinner. I was admonished that, while my pork roast was delicious and really hefty pork chops came out okay, regular pork chops tended to be dry and tough. I chewed on that for a while and decided there had to be a solution.

It is ironic that as our pork has been bred to be leaner and leaner we are being told that rare breeds—of great price— are to be prized for their fat content.