October 23, 2022 Lunch - La Cocina at El Super Market. Dinner - Roasted Pork Ragu on Penne Pasta and steamed asparagus

October 23, 2022 Lunch - La Cocina at El Super Market. Dinner - Roasted Pork Ragu on Penne Pasta and steamed asparagus 

I woke up at 9:00 and missed Leicester winning its match 4 to 0.

But just like learning after the fact last night that TCU had beaten Kansas State, I was thrilled.

I drank a cup of hot chocolate as I watched Newcastle beat Tottenham to  draw within one point in fifth place to Tottenham’s fourth place.

After the match at noon we drove to El Super for lunch and then to shop.

Suzette ordered three tacos, two of beef and one of pork.  I ordered the chili Relleno plate with a freshly cooked Relleno, double beans, and no rice with two grilled flour tortillas.  We split a coke. The food was terrific for a Mexican dinner 

After we ate we bought two cucumbers, a bunch of radishes,two ears of corn, red onions, asparagus, four gala apples, six chicken hind quarters, yogurt, limes, lemons, two Pasilla chilis, and zucchini.

We did not want to wait in the meat line so we drove to Southwest Distributing. I waited in the car and Suzette bought a 15 and 1/2 lb. Pork shoulder, sesame oil, apple vinegar, and Chinese Cooking wine.

We then drove home and I cubed 1/2 of the pork shoulder and Suzette gathered rosemary, sage, and oregano in the garden and cut up lemons and roasted the cubed pork with the herbs, 2 or 3 quartered lemons and 1/2 cup of apple vinegar covered with aluminum foil in a 350 degree oven for two hours.  

I napped from 3:30 until 5:30.

Suzette shredded the roast pork in the Cuisinart and made a spaghetti sauce with diced tomatoes, onion, garlic, 1 cup of red wine, and tomato paste.  She then combined several cups of the ground roasted pork with the spaghetti sauce to replicate the recipe from Discovering Italy.

She also cut the bottom of the stems of about 12 asparagus.

Suzette then boiled 1/2 lb. of penne pasta.

I grated a cup of Pecorino-Romano cheese to garnish the asparagus and pasta.

Mike arrived at 6:30 with a bottle of Italian Ripassso wine.  I served him the last glass of the Sagnol Rose and when the pasta was cooked Suzette served bowls filled with penne covered with the pork spaghetti sauce.

After dinner we watched the latest episode of Discovering Italy on the region of Puglia and then watched the Astros sweep the Yankees in four games in their post-season playoff to win the American League championship and advance to the World Series.

Mike and I ate ice cream with raspberries in cream drizzled with rum for the 7th inning stretch.

When the game ended at 10:00 we said goodnight to Mike and went to bed.

Bon Appetit