With Pork chops or roasts, we are always searching for recipes, that make the meat come out tender, not dried out. Most of the good recipes are for the slow cooker. I Only ordered pork chops once in a restaurant. It came out juicy and delicious. I believe the reason for that was it was thick and breaded. It was at least twice the thicknessI of a pork chop sold at our grocery store.
It's the best place to find me if you need to talk or ask a question. It's open for any discussion. My navigation skills are not that keen, The same questions under recipes or food I never would have found them.
Do you have any butchers or delis in your area that would custom-cut meat for you @Tony Page? I realize Jewish delis probably wouldn't cut pork for you, but when I lived in Pennsylvania, we had a German deli that definitely would. They also carried a lot of sausages and some stinky cheeses that had to be triple-wrapped to even come into the house.
Look for some braising recipes. Braising means the meat is cooked in some kind of liquid in a heavy covered pan either on the stovetop or in the oven--low and slow. This gives a tender result from cheaper cuts of meat. I prefer oven braising because I don't have to worry about stuff boiling dry or burning on the bottom. My next recipe to try is called Atlanta Brisket. I like making these "bake a couple of hours" recipes while the weather is cold; the oven makes the kitchen all warm and the whole house smells so good. For my dinner today I used thick cut chops that are available from our regular grocery store; they are about 1" thick or thereabouts. I buy them in a family pack of 6 and freeze them in portions of 2 chops.
The butcher we used since we move here 50 years ago, went out of business about 10 years ago. We do have 3 or 4 others that we have used, but the meat quality is not as good and their prices are 2x that of our grocery stores. One grocery store I used, the butcher and I got to be friends, When he see me he'll go into the back and bring me good cuts of the meats that are on sale that week. We have an italian deli that we've been buying from for a looooog time. He makes the best Italian sausage in the area. Recently his quality has gone downhill. The last 3x we shopped there we had issues. He has the best artichoke hearts, last week they were very salty and the Cole slaw was horribly bad. The Mac and potatoes salads were also salty, we had to toss the salads. Looks like i'm gonna have to look for another italian deli.
My first job out of high school was working in a drug store (Dart Drug.) They put me in charge of the beer & wine department...at 18 years of age. I would decide what to stock, how to set up the displays, etc. There was a Safeway next door and you could go to the deli counter and get any kind of sandwich you wanted with any meat & cheese you wanted on any bread or rolls they sold. One of the women who worked back there had a particular wine she liked, so when it went on sale I'd give her a heads-up and squirrel away a few bottles for her. You can imagine the size sandwiches I got
Those are just questions I would ask an alien if I ever met one. Here some question: What do you eat? Are there other species besides yourself living on your planet? Do you get sick? Do you believe in God? Have you visited other planets with life? Does your planet have a similar atmosphere? How long do you live? I would have a lot of questions.
Jake, I enjoy our conversations. Nothing to be sorry about. I wasn't very clear. I have an active imagination some times What I say is mistaken for a real event.
No worries, "Tony"; I just enjoy talking to you too. I've only been online a couple years so far, and it's easy to misunderstand things people say at times, and I do not want to offend anyone either.
We have a butcher here where we buy almost all our meat. If you buy and entire "chunk" of meat, they will cut it to your specifications. It is part of an Alaska-only chain. We also have several other custom butchers in nearby towns that will process entire animals and one who will even slaughter for you. When we used to raise livestock, we would take them to the slaughterhouse--butchery. We no longer have livestock except chickens and the slaughterhouse has since changed hands. When we had pigs slaughtered, they would cut it to our needs or send it along to someone who would.