Years ago, the advertising on TV was focussed on boosting the Australian pork industry. “Get some pork on ya fork” was the slogan – it had a kind of strange ring to it that still sticks to me many years later.
The problem was – I hated pork. The other problem was, I hadn’t actually told my newly wed husband how much I hated pork. That was 1990. Fast forward to the current date, and my confession came out after a discussion about how little pork we eat, it kinda went like this:
Hubby: We don’t cook much pork, do we? (somewhat perplexed and puzzled expression)
Me: Nope.
Hubby: We should try more pork dishes.
Me: hmm (short, non-committal, non-engaging response)
Hubby: I used to love getting those roast pork rolls with the crackling and gravy from the shop at lunchtime for a treat….
Me: hmm (short, non-committal, non-engaging response)
13 year old son: Yeah mum, why don’t we eat more pork (blunt, straight to the point, put me on the spot – confession time)
Me: I, ummm, errrr, hate pork
Son: but you eat bacon!
Me: (sigh) – I can’t say why I don’t like pork, I just don’t like pork…
Hubby and son (together): can we please just get some and cook it up???
So I caved. We had some pork, and after a few tries actually got the crackling doing its thing without burning and I have to admit, I started to enjoy a bit of pork.
Over the last few years, I’ve accumulated a few tried, loved, and tested (and repeated) recipes:
- Pork sausage rolls
- Asian Style Spicy Pork
- Pork Belly
- Orange Pork
- Pork, mince and bacon dogs