Rushing Monday

      In the quest to crank out as many recipes as possible, I forced one upon the Spud for lunch today.  I made him the Chicken Club Sandwich, pg 188 for his lunchbox today.  He is the perfect person to experiment this on since he is the only member of this household that would eat the lemon- mayo spread on this. We are not Mayo eaters, so I am going to have trouble with these recipes that call for Mayo or Aioli.   I think it was a hit, but he complained that the bacon was too fatty... Is there anything such as un-fatty bacon?
       For dinner I ran really late today.  I marinated the pork this morning for the Char Siu, pg 478 but I got home so late we had to rush this along and buy our sides.  Char Siu is Chinese Roast Pork, and this proved to be as good as you can get in any chinese restaurant.  The Pork Shoulder Joe sold me was perfect for this dish.  I sped it along by cooking it the whole time at 400 degrees instead of 375 and then raising it to 400, but I really think it worked out just as well.  The trick to this recipe is basting often.  Either way it was quite good, and we had leftovers for lunches for tomorrow.  We cheated with the sides and stopped at the local chinese restaurant for Fried Rice and asian pancakes.. I would have liked to have made it with some bok choy and home made fried rice. I think this recipe could have worked really well on a grill too!