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Pork Chop with Chillies

Ingredient A:

Four pork chops, preferably with some fat. Wash and pat dry.

Ingredients B:
1. Lemon zest from half a lemon
2. Two tablespoons light soya sauce
3. One teaspoon honey
4. One teaspoon chilli flakes (or more depending on taste)
5. One teaspoon rice wine vinegar
6. One teaspoon corn flour or potato flour
7. One tablespoon garlic oil
8. One teaspoon garlic powder

Method:
1. Marinate pork chops with Ingredients 'B' overnight.
2. Bring pork chops to room temperature before cooking.
3. Heat a pan and when it is hot, add a tablespoon of oil, twirl oil around pan, lower heat to medium.
4. Spread pork chops out in the pan, cook for about a minute. Flip over and cook for about another minute or so depending on thickness of the cut.
5. Remove pan from stove and let pork chops rest for about two minutes before serving hot.

Note: Pork chops are cooked in medium heat due to chillies used in the marinate. If using high heat, it will burn the chops. Increase cooking time for thicker chops.

Grill if preferred

Pork Porridge

There are times when porridge will do the trick to whet the appetite or when one is feeling poorly. It's not easy to cook rice for one and I tend to cook extra to freeze for later.
There are many ways to cook congee (porridge) and my taste differs depending on the weather. At times I like it smooth and on occasion with a bit of texture.
This is my basic recipe for porridge. Substitute chicken for pork if preferred.
Ingredients:
1. Four pieces pork chops or any lean pork of your choice. Wash, pat dry, remove fat and slice pork into thin strips. Do not discard the bones. Add two tablespoons of salt to pork mixture including the pork bones. Mix well and leave it to marinate overnight in the fridge.
2. Two bowls of cooked rice or a bowl of raw broken rice
3. Thumb of ginger lightly bruised.
4. Salt to marinate and to taste

Method:
1. Leave marinated pork at room temperature before cooking. Blanch with hot water. Rinse pork well.
2. In a pot, large enough to cook the porridge, bring water to a boil (water level about four inches above ingredients). Add rice, pork and a pinch of salt. Bring back to the boil.
3. Lower temperature, lid on, simmer till pork is slightly tender and rice grains have broken up.
4. Add bruised ginger and more water if necessary and continue to simmer till desired consistency is reached.
5. Stir and scrape bottom of pot occasionally to prevent burning.
6. Serve hot with ingredients of your choice.

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

Julio Iglesias' Concert

Are you familiar with the songs........ How can you mend a broken heart?, Careless Whispers, Always on my mind, Right here waiting for you and The most beautiful girl?
Was so excited upon learning that Julio Iglesias would be in town to perform at the Bull Ring in Puerto that I promptly paid for my ticket.
The concert was a great success and it was absolutely wonderful to soak in the atmosphere.
He is very charismatic, with great stamina and belted out loads of oldies during the two hour session without any intermission. An excellent performer who is able to stimulate the audience to sing-a-along.