Smokin’ Meats Again

You would think that we had become vegetarians with all the deliciously fresh vegetables Bruce and Julia brought to us from their garden. Not so though. We definitely ate our fair share of meats as well. Larry once again had the smoker going and smoked some ribs and a bacon wrapped pork loin for all of us to enjoy.

I can’t tell you what Larry used for the ribs since he made those up. But I can tell you how I prepared the bacon wrapped pork. We topped both with my spicy ketchup Spicy Ketchup.

First, I made a marinade.

1 cup orange juice

1/2 cup orange and fig jam

2 tsp liquid smoke

My pork loin was about 4 lbs, with the excess fat removed. I let it marinate overnight. When I was ready to wrap it, I patted it dry with a paper towel, then wrapped it with about 20 pieces of bacon, overlapping it, so the pork loin was completely wrapped and covered. I used pepper bacon.

We smoked the bacon and the ribs together. Once again, Larry is in charge of the smoker, not me, so I don’t know how long he smoked everything, but I am going out on a limb to say it was for about 3-4 hours. Then we placed them both in the slow cooker for an additional 2-3 hours for them to get nice and tender. And then, we let the feasting begin! 🙂 Everything got rave reviews.

Life is short. Make the most out of every minute and everyday. Have a great day and make everyday great. ‘Til next time.