Happiness Is...

... a well stocked larder and well appointed kitchen.

One of the benefits of having a large chest freezer in the garage is that I can do things like buy a 1/4 beef or side of pork, usually from farmers I know, and store it. This has the dual benefits of letting me know the source of the meat my family eats and also keeps the cost down.

This weekend I had the time to cook at my leisure so I made a prime rib roast; I was in an experimental mood so I made a pepper crust for it. I used a peppercorn blend I had (red, green, white, black, and coriander), some allspice, flour, mustard, butter, and a little salt and rubbed the entire roast and cooked it to a nice medium rare in the centre.

My wife made a rhubarb custard pie as well, so we invited our best friends over for dinner - prime rib, nice bottle of BC red, salad, , potatoes fried in duck fat, pie for dessert. Delicious.