John Westfield

I'm a lifelong cooking enthusiast with a special love for strange and underused ingredients. I hope this blog helps open your mind to more of the wonderful edible treasures around us.

Does pork provide iron?

They contain between 7 and 8 milligrams of iron per 100 grams. Eggs are one of the foods that should rarely be missing from our kitchens. Millet contains about 9 milligrams of iron per 100 grams. Seafood, quinoa, brewer’s yeast, pistachios, green leafy vegetables, spirulina, and liver are a couple extra ideas to investigate. Very …

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What are pork bellies?

As a traded commodity, pork bellies were exactly what their name implied: cuts of meat taken from pigs’ stomachs. A couple additional items to investigate are: the end of an era, pork bellies traded as commodities, and use of futures contracts. Dubbed the “pork pie plot”, a group of around 20 MPs who won their …

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When pork chops are done?

Cook the stuffed pork chops for about 20 minutes. Push the probe end of an instant-read digital meat thermometer into the thickest part of the pork chop, pushing it just slightly over halfway through the meat. Remove the pork chops if they reach the desired temperature of between 145 F and 160 F. How do …

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