Cammy This was my week to choose and I chose pineapple. I was thinking I'd make a nice simple pineapple upside down cake. Then I remembered the multitude of chicken dishes mom made when I was a teen. Chicken was cheap and she could make all kinds of chicken dishes. I grew to dislike chicken, in spite of the many wonderful ways mom cooked it. These days I'm growing to like it on an occasional basis. Anyway, as I was thinking about pineapple, I recalled that my favorite of mom's chicken dishes was her sweet and sour chicken. Mom searched for the recipe and then I searched for it again and neither of us could find it. We did find this sweet and sour pork recipe that was identical except for the meat. Yeah! I call that a win! It came out of an old church cookbook that I believe was the church that my grandmother went to. I am going to have to explore that recipe book a little more one of these days. In the meantime, we really enjoyed this sweet and sour chicken tonight. I did not bread the chicken, just fried it in some olive oil. I figured the pineapple and rice would be more than enough carbs! Jen Pineapple for breakfast! I made "Hummingbird Pancakes" this morning - they were delicious! Mandy Nikita Nikita has been a baking fool this week and that has kept her busy in the kitchen. If we are lucky she'll share her beautiful bakes with us. Georgia I'm a big fan of pineapple. Pineapple was the only thing I craved when I was pregnant with my son and the husbands favorite cake is pineapple upside down cake. So I'm always up for this challenge. When it comes to these challenges I'm always looking for something new. I mean what's the use in having a challenge and not really stepping outside my norm. We've had a pretty busy week and actually had several people over for dinner this week. So I was looking for something I could make that would fulfill this challenge. And then I found these. You'll note I never add the maraschino cherries to my pineapple upside down whatevers.. Randy doesn't like them (so weird) These were not bad. Not great, but also not bad. What kept them from being great? They were not donut like. At all. The pineapple and brown sugar were not caramelized. So it was more like a soggy bagel with warmed pineapple on top. Live and learn. And we move on to the next challenge. As always we bring you different takes on a single food.
Until next week, Cammy, Jen, Mandy, Nikita and Georgia
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