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 Iowa producer featured in national
pork cookbook
The eighth annual National Eat Dinner Together
Week (NEDTW) is the second week in October, and this year, the
National Pork Board called upon the experts -- pork producers
themselves -- to share their recipes to help families make the
most of dinner time. Pork producing families across Iowa submitted
their favorite pork recipes to appear in the book, From Farm
Table to Family Table. Iowa producer Margaret Ledger and
her family are featured in the book, along with her specialty,
"Apple & Spice Pork Roast," a family favorite.
Margaret has served this meal at many family events, including
her youngest daughter's wedding reception. Margaret and her husband
Jim, are from Washington, Iowa.
 Farm Table to Family Table -- a cookbook of
pork favorites
To celebrate the ritual of shared mealtime, the National Pork
Board created Farm Table to Family Table, a free recipe
booklet filled with tried and true recipes straight from the
experts. Producers from the more than 80,000 pork farms nationwide
answered the call for recipes with their family-favorite pork
dishes.
"No one knows pork better than America's
pork producers," says Brooke Benschoter, director of consumer
communications for the National Pork Board. "The recipes
in the Farm Table to Family Table booklet provide busy
home cooks with ideas for using a variety of cuts like chops,
tenderloin and roasts, each uniquely infused with local seasonings
and regional flavors and perfect for convenient weeknight meals,
or as a centerpiece for special occasions."
In Farm Table to Family Table, producers
share not only their best personal recipes, but also the unique
stories behind them. Many of the recipes have been passed down
through generations of producers. Served at family gatherings,
on holidays or simply for weeknight meals over the years, many
of these dishes have become mealtime traditions.
What is National Eat Dinner Together
Week?
In 1996, the National Pork Board first established National Eat
Dinner Together Week to encourage Americans to use dinnertime
as an important forum to develop and nurture relationships with
family members. Today, National Eat Dinner Together Week remains
a priority for the pork industry and a tradition among producers
nationwide.
"Whether your family lives on the farm
like mine or in the city, the mealtime schedule is crunched with
managing the household, business and work responsibilities,"
says Cheryl Tevis, mother of two children, pork producer and
Senior Farm Issues editor for Successful Farming magazine. "But
I still feel strongly that dinner is a time to relax, reconnect
and enjoy one another's company while sharing a meal. My family
loves my recipe for Honey-Glazed Pork Chops, which is a perfect
meal solution for busy moms like me."
To order the free recipe booklet, Farm
Table to Family Table, and for hundreds of other meal ideas,
go to www.otherwhitemeat.com
and click on "Offers" on the menu bar. The recipe booklet
also is available by sending a self-addressed mailing label to:
Farm
Table to Family Table Recipe Booklet
National Pork Board
P.O. Box 9114
Des Moines, IA 50306 |
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| Margaret Ledger's
Apple Spice & Pork Roast |
3
to 4 pound boneless pork roast
1 cup applesauce
1/3 cup packed brown
sugar
2 teaspoons vinegar
1 teaspoon yellow
mustard
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon
ground cloves
1 tablespoon flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1/8 teaspoon garlic
powder
1/8 teaspoon ground
black pepper |
Heat oven to 350
degrees F. Stir together applesauce, brown sugar, vinegar, mustard
and cloves in small bowl; refrigerate half of the applesauce mixture
and set aside remaining. Combine flour, sugar, salt, garlic powder
and pepper in another small bowl.
Rub flour mixture
evenly over entire surface of pork. Place pork on rack in shallow
roasting pan. Roast, uncovered, until internal temperature is
140 degrees F. Spoon reserved applesauce mixture over roast. Roast
until internal temperature is 150 degrees F., 1- 1 1/2 hours cooking
time. Transfer roast to serving platter, cover with foil and let
stand for 15 minutes before slicing. Heat chilled applesauce mixture
in small saucepan until boiling; boil for 1 minute. Spoon heated
applesauce mixture over pork slices.
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| Nutritional
Information Per Serving: |
Calories:
240
Fat: 9 g
Saturated Fat: 3 g
Cholesterol: 77 mg
Sodium: 180 mg
Carbohydrates: 11 g
Protein: 27 g |
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