Brined a couple of pork tenderloins all day.

Kosher salt, brown sugar, rosemary, and red, green, and black peppercorns.
Going on the grill with a Tokyo chili rub in about an hour.
Brussel sprouts simmered in apple juice.
Liddle red spuds boiled down in ham boullion.

What's at your house?

I'm coming over to yours! That sounds delicious!:9

and what time is dinner?

Maybe sprinkle on some Liquid Hickory too.
This makes my purist friends blanch.
;-)

Why do you need to brine a pork loin?

Not that that doesn't sound absolutely lip-smacking delicious.

If you salt meat and let it "set" a while, it draws the moisture out.
But brining helps seal the juices in somehow. And gives the meat a nice flavor.
Good with poultry too.
Never tried it with beef.
I guess because it has a stronger taste of its own.

with a touch of smoked cheddar (no canned soup involved), which is making me ache with hunger from smelling it.

But yours sounds damn good, too. (I'm a big pork tenderloin fan; ever had an Indiana Pork Loin Sandwich? You should.)

Mrs R, the Ace Cook, likes your menu as well.

Enjoy!

Redstone

of pork loin, until it's about the diameter and thicknes of a 33-1/3 rpm record album (remember them?). Then they bread it and fry it, and put it on a bun that isn't a hell of a lot larger in diameter than a standard burger bun.

Standard condiments vary; you may get mustard, pickles, and lettuce, or your choice of the usual burger-topping suspects. Cheese is generally not included.

It's one of those quirky regional things, like Maid-Rite loosemeat burgers in Iowa, or Oklahoma Onion Burgers, or the New York System Hot Wieners in (no, not New York; they've never heard of them in NY...) Rhode Island. Or the Louisville Hot Brown. Or Beef on a Weck in Buffalo (though I'm not much fo a roast-beef sandwich guy).

Redstone

Oh ya.

I always imagine the deep south to be unbearably hot and humid. Then again, I was just in Texas and freezing my arse off.

BTW - Brining rules!

Probably hit 40 tonight.
65 today and sunny.
Nice.

Roast beef, green beans, mashed potatoes, gravy and biscuits.....comfort food.

1 can of soup
1 can of water
1 cup of rice
Minestrone is best, and vegetable beef is really good too. Really hearty and filling, and easy.