Pork Cutlet, Potatoes and Cabbage

Dec 05 2013

Last night’s supper was pretty simple some pork cutlets, steamed cabbage and cauliflower, and some baked potatoes I cut up and browned on the smoker. I had cabbage and cauliflower that needed used up, we love fried cabbage but the steamed are healthier, and easier to do!

I had ground up a mix of spices for a pork shoulder roast I am doing Saturday so tried some on my cutlet to see how they were. I had cut some of the heat for the wife and wanted to be sure it wasn’t still too hot.

I seasoned the cutlets and got them in the fridge, just salt and pepper on two if of the three. It’s a good thing I had three since the grandson popped in and ate with us.

I had my Traeger loaded with some Cooking Pellets 100% hickory and was my first cook after installing a new blower fan and Ortech controller. I started it up at 5:00 and started easing it up to 325 deg. grill level. I had coated the potatoes with some olive oil and seasoning, and put them on at 5:15. I put the pork cutlets on the smooth side of my grill grates at 5:30.

I had baked a small baguette and had the cabbage and cauliflower in my steamer. It was all ready at 6:00. All tasted good and the grandson ate well, he loves the cabbage. After supper I let him smell some limburger cheese I had bought, to my surprise he tried some on a cracker and said pretty good. Now when I was 9 yrs. old I would not try something that smelled that bad!

I liked my seasoning mix and think my problem with fly ash might be fixed. It was too short of a cook to really say much about the hickory pellets but the smoke sure smelled good. I will try to do some ribs soon.

We woke up to an inch of snow this am, the 6^th. Looks like the ice will stay south of us. Hope it’s not as bad as they say it might be.

Seasoned cutlet for me

On the smoker

My Plate