Day 17 Dr. Martin's Mix
Hello dears and now we come to the next delayed installment of this misadventure in the kitchen. I have to say that aside from cooking, there are few things I fear more than writing publicly. I know what you are thinking, “why did you start this journey?” Well, the answer is simple, “why not?” I mean there are these perfectly wonderful stories in the kitchen by these wonderful, fantastic writers and food-artists, of which I am not. I just wanted to share something I loved and that was Peg Bracken’s books. I love her style and her writing, the stories, and advice are given with a lot of laughter and wit. I wanted to bring these alive to you the casual visitor to my site.
So we now move to the next pork recipe and that is Dr. Martin’s Mix. This is another one of my favorites and will most likely be a staple in my repertoire of recipes that I attach to my new arsenal of meals. This meal is one of those ones you can start and forget about it at least for an hour on the stove top. If you are going to use a crock-pot slow cooker I would say about 3 hours. Since I haven’t tried it in a slow cooker then it would be a matter of experimenting with the time. Let me know what you’ve discovered if you try it in a slow cooker.
Anyway, as I stated before this is great to get started, put it on simmer and return to helping your kid explore the fascinating world of why the sky is blue and not green. Or take the time to moderate between a he-said-she-said disagreement between siblings or even get started on perusal of your social media.
Dr. Martin's Mix
Ingredients 4-5 Servings
1 - 1 1/2 lbs pork sausage
1 green pepper
2 green onions
2 or 3 celery stalks
2 cups chicken bouillon (broth) 1 cup raw rice
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1/2 teaspoon salt
Directions
Brown the pork sausage all crumbled. Remove some of the fat, but not all and add chopped green pepper, chopped green onions, celery stalks (need I say chopped? Ok If I must, chop the onions). Add in the rice, Worcestershire Sauce, salt, and raw rice into the pan. Pour the chicken broth over the mixture, stir to blend. Cover and simmer on low for about an hour.
So there you have it, it’s great really for a cold day or a busy day, very little prep time involved. One of the neat ideas someone suggested to me is to go ahead and pre-cut all of the green peppers you need for the week and then measure them into small zipper storage bags and then put them in a larger bag and freeze until you need them to prevent them from going bad. Now if you are going to use the green peppers in a cooked meal you will have to blanch them and then freeze them to use later. I have done this in the past when I used to grow tons of these little. This year my gardens were seriously lacking. This will have to be remedied this spring.
Anyway, the easiest instructions on blanching are found here:
https://www.wikihow.com/Freeze-Green-Peppers
This meal is also really good with some cornbread. I simply bought the baking mix cornbread recipes because of the ease of use and a way to keep a kid busy while trying to break up the ever popular drama show I call “Sibling Wars” if you have two or more this is a program I am sure plays in your home as well. Fess up.
As you can probably tell this day was fraught with a constant warring between two who just seemed to be getting in each other’s way all day. We have all had those moments we decide to throw in the towel, order pizza and toss it on the center of the table and soak in a tub for about 10 minutes of quiet before the bickering begins again. That’s what I felt all day and so when this recipe presented itself I thought it was a perfect opportunity to just save money and see what happens.
The response was good, cornbread was a nice touch and we made a fruit salad to round everything out for rather decent meal time. People were so busy eating the bickering was down. The day ended on a rather high note.
So there you have it Dr martin’s Mix it is just what he ordered for busy frazzled people. Now top off your evening with a pleasant quiet book or favorite episode on TV and cuddles with the special someone or cat whichever the case may be. Even the dog might be a welcomed four-legged friend.
Stay tuned for the next random installment of Misadventures in cooking where we ask ourselves “is this the end, will she check herself into a padded room? Who’s her illustrator? Can our Heroine really maintain her drive?
Please let me know what you think of this? Did you try it? What changes did you come up with? Please comment, rate, share. Have fun and remember this, be a Flamingo stand tall, be flamboyant.
**Bracken, P. (1960). The I hate to cook book. (pg. 14). New York: Harcourt, Brace & World.
