So for dinner tonight, that is what I have chosen to do. The publication was chosen by Michael. I told him to choose any of my cookbooks. This is the one he chose.
I began the task to pick out enough recipes that if something wasn't liked, at least you could have something else to eat.
The menu looked like this:
- J.R.'s Slobberknocker Pork Chops
- J.R.'s Smashed-Down Potatoes with Attitude
- Headbanger's Stuffed 'Shrooms
- The Rock's "Smack-aroni" Salad
- J.R.'s Country Corn Bread
- Perry Saturn's Super Cookies
- Bob Backlund's Low-Card Vanilla Ice Cream
This was our tablescape. I had Michael to get his wrestlers and put them around the table - until everyone sat down. Din't want The Rock to use 'The People's Elbow' on The Undertaker on top of the corn bread!
As part of our 'Fun with Food' undertaking, everyone tried everything. I did not like the stuffed mushrooms, but my Mom loved them. The pork chops were fabulous. Most everyone went back for seconds on those. They use crushed 'shredded wheat' cereal to be browned in before they hit the oven with some tomatoes. The corn bread was sweeter than I normally make, but still good. The mashed potatoes were loaded with garlic and were nice along side the pork chop. The macaroni salad was good but, I don't recommend having it with everything else we had with it.
As for our "Finishing Moves" aka Dessert, I didn't have the Splenda the ice cream called for, so I used regular sugar and milk. The cookies were created from a butter recipe cake mix. The only thing I didn't make and wished I had was "J.R.'s Granny's Chocolate Gravy". I was just too tired to make it after dinner was done and we had rested.
The Slobberknocker Pork Chops will definitely be enjoyed in our home again and next time we might make The Rock's Famous Rock-Bottom Pancakes, or Stone Cold's Texas Toast or maybe Rikishi's Rump Roast. All I know is that no matter what adventure we take with our food, it's all butter!
