A Pork Collar and lowcountry hash in the NC Mountains...

northGAcock

Leaves are at peak....but foggy at my elevation. No adverse impact to the egging. Sorry about the plated picture.....is of my secound helping. Had some fresh corn and Boston baked beans to round things out. Hanging at my brothers mountain house.

Thanks for looking. 

Jeremiah

Very nice. Now let's see some foliage pics!

Dyal_SC

Veeeery nice!!!       Time for some nature pix!

Jupiter Jim

Nice where in the NC mountains?

YukonRon

That looks tasty. Living large aren't we these days. Glad for you, enjoy my brother.

Eggcelsior

Jupiter Jim said:

Nice where in the NC mountains?

Tell us! I was just in Banner Elk and Asheville. Colors were gorgeous.

DMW

Looks great! What temp did you take it to for slicing? I still have a SRF pork collar in the freezer I need to cook.

northGAcock

Jupiter Jim said:

Nice where in the NC mountains?

Jonas Ridge north of Morgantown. Newland mailing address. 

Jupiter Jim

northGAcock said:

Jupiter Jim said:

Nice where in the NC mountains?

Jonas Ridge north of Morgantown. Newland mailing address. 

Wow your only 46 miles and 1 hour south of us in West Jefferson, have been through there many times. Beautiful country down there.  

northGAcock

DMW said:

Looks great! What temp did you take it to for slicing? I still have a SRF pork collar in the freezer I need to cook.

No more than 175 on a L&S......but can really pull anytime after 145. Either way, you can also finish off slices with a little pan fry (little butter an olive oil) to add a nice little crust. You will enjoy the SRF collar. Comes from a much larger pig....healthy cut. You will really enjoy.

northGAcock

Eggcelsior said:

Jupiter Jim said:

Nice where in the NC mountains?

Tell us! I was just in Banner Elk and Asheville. Colors were gorgeous.

I got out on the parkway this morning and headed north. Ran into some patches of sunlight in and around Grandfather Mountain. Largely where I am staying was overcast and in fog most of the day. There is a hike (will do tomorrow) that heads up the mountain (brothers house) to an overlook called Sitting Bear. A great view of the entire Linville Gorage. Hoping for better views tomorrow....cause the leaves are perfect. 

SGH

Great looking grub ole buddy

northGAcock

YukonRon said:

That looks tasty. Living large aren't we these days. Glad for you, enjoy my brother.

Life is good here brother Ron!

northGAcock

@Jeremiah @Dyal_SC nothing picture worthy with the low clouds. No rain though. Hope for better tomorrow. 

northGAcock

Jupiter Jim said:

northGAcock said:

Jupiter Jim said:

Nice where in the NC mountains?

Jonas Ridge north of Morgantown. Newland mailing address. 

Wow your only 46 miles and 1 hour south of us in West Jefferson, have been through there many times. Beautiful country down there.  

My brother has a summer house at good elevation....with a great view. Wish I could post some pictures.....maybe tomorrow. A beautiful part of the mountains for sure.

Sea2Ski

Looks great! Taking notes.....   Pork I usually take off the heat at 138-143 since they say 140 is safe. I really like the thought of finishing off in a pan with butter.  This cut that forgiving to take it to 175? 

northGAcock

Sea2Ski said:

Looks great! Taking notes.....   Pork I usually take off the heat at 138-143 since they say 140 is safe. I really like the thought of finishing off in a pan with butter.  This cut that forgiving to take it to 175? 

Absolutely will hold up. This cut comes from the shoulder....the money muscle they call it. You don't want to take it to 205 as you would a butt /shoulder. 

johnmitchell

Enjoy the mountains Robin... Nice messy plate and fork pic, love it !!!

jtcBoynton

Sea2Ski said:

Looks great! Taking notes.....   Pork I usually take off the heat at 138-143 since they say 140 is safe. I really like the thought of finishing off in a pan with butter.  This cut that forgiving to take it to 175? 

Who is "they"?  The USDA safe temp recommendation is 145ºF (with a 3 minute hold). I am curious who is making the 140º is safe statement.  From a culinary standpoint, 140º may be preferred and recommended. We are all free to follow the USDA recommendations or not. If not, we need to understand that we are taking an elevated risk.

You can, of course, use the temp/holding time charts if you prefer a lower temperature.  But you need to state both the temp and time, not just the temp when doing so.

northGAcock

A couple of pictures from this morning.....much better weather up here today. 

Cookbook_Chip

Nice!

Eggcelsior

Its like we we were in the same spot!

northGAcock

Middle picture overlooks the Linville Gorge Wilderness Area. 

NCSmoky

@northGAcock - what elevation are those last pictures? Should be peak in a week or so based on those shots. Going to head up to Asheville next week, should have nice color by then at our elevation

northGAcock

NCSmoky said:

@northGAcock - what elevation are those last pictures? Should be peak in a week or so based on those shots. Going to head up to Asheville next week, should have nice color by then at our elevation

@NCSmoky he is at about 3900 feet. You will have a large time.

MaskedMarvel

Jupiter Jim said:

northGAcock said:

Jupiter Jim said:

Nice where in the NC mountains?

Jonas Ridge north of Morgantown. Newland mailing address. 

Wow your only 46 miles and 1 hour south of us in West Jefferson, have been through there many times. Beautiful country down there.  

I've backpacked lots through rhododendron gap and little Wilson, massie gap, mt Rogers, etc. beautiful there. One of the best backpacks too, because you can easily loop back to the parking lot without having to double back, and it's easy to shorten or extend your trip depending how your progress is going. I need to get back there....

YukonRon

Is that what heaven looks like?

Chief9

@northGAcock we have a vacation house in Burke County, in the Enola area. If you get a chance and you enjoy beer check out Brown Mountain Bottleworks and Catawba Valley Brewing Company, both are two of our favorites

bgebrent

Nice pics Robin!  I can taste that pork collar brother, great cook.