The Pork Boys Do a Bunch of Goodies

Your Head Trucker's part-time job.

So last night I braved the wind and the rain to haul myself down to M.P.'s place to be guinea pig for a bunch of new recipes he wanted to try out and get feedback on, with a view to the catering business he wants to start in a couple of years when he retires.  And oh my there were a LOT of goodies, not sure I can remember them all right now but they included:

Egg-knot pastry with icing and slivered almonds

Maple-and-bacon muffins (two kinds, sweet and savory)

Apple-and-cheddar muffins

Spinach chausson - creamed spinach baked in a roll of puff pastry.

Miniature cordon bleus - individual fried roll-ups of chicken, turkey, ham, and cheese, I think, deep fried.

Chicken strips - very thinly sliced breast meat rolled in breadcrumbs and fried, served with honey-mustard sauce and barbecue sauce

Disco fries - homemade french fries covered with chicken gravy and shredded cheese

Pilon de poulet etouffe - chicken drumsticks baked in gravy and served over rice

Strawberry turnovers - Sugared strawberries with honey and cottage cheese baked in a triangle of puff pastry - he's gotten awfully good at making that from scratch - with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on the side.

And maybe more but that's all I can recall at the moment.  Oh my was it good, a delightful, delectable evening.  Of course, we ate only a small serving of each thing, and even so I came home quite stuffed but with a load of scrumptious leftovers that I can't wait to try again.