Now I'm in the mood for pork! For a quick dinner I like Char-Siu sauce - it's a molasses based chinese bbq sauce (I don't have any right now so I can't check the ingredients or the spelling but I've approximated it before with soy, molasses, ginger and garlic). Great with cole slaw. If I have more time I like this recipe from Betty Crocker - very flavorful! Caribbean Pork Roast 1 pork boneless double center loin roast, 2 to 2 1/2 pounds 1 cup orange juice 1/2 cup lime juice 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin 1 1/2 teaspoons red pepper sauce 3/4 teaspoon ground allspice 1 medium green bell pepper, cut into eighths 1 medium onion, cut into fourths 4 garlic cloves, crushed Salt and pepper to taste 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1. Remove fat from pork. Pierce pork deeply all over with meat fork or skewer. Place pork in heavy resealable plastic food-storage bag. Place remaining ingredients except salt and pepper to taste, sugar and 1/2 teaspoon salt in blender or food processor. Cover and bend until smooth. Pour blended mixture over pork. Seal bag; place in dish. Refrigerate at least 4 hours but no longer than 24 hours, turning bag occasionally. 2. Heat oven to 325ºF. Remove pork from marinade; refrigerate marinade. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper to taste. Place pork on rack in shallow roasting pan. Insert meat thermometer so tip is in center of thickest part of pork and does not rest in fat. 3. Roast uncovered 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours 15 minutes or until thermometer reads 155°F. Remove pork from pan. Cover and let stand 15 to 20 minutes or until thermometer reads 160°F (medium doneness). 4. Pour marinade into 1 1/2-quart saucepan. Stir in sugar and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mixture thickens slightly. Serve sauce with pork.

Well, here is what I am doing. I have it in the crockpot now. Everyone's recipes sound good, but I had all of these ingredients on hand. Didn't want to make the trip into town if I didn't have to. I made it simpler by coating the pork with the rub mixture, then placing in the crockpot and adding some of the basting sauce. I made the BBQ sauce, too, and will probably mix some of it with the pork before I freeze it. I'll let you know how it turns out. Barbecued Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Homemade BBQ Sauce Courtesy Emeril Lagasse 1 boneless pork butt, about 4 pounds 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar 2 tablespoons Essence 1 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon ground cumin 1 tablespoon paprika 1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper 1 tablespoon cayenne Wet Mop Basting Sauce, recipe follows Barbecue Sauce, recipe follows Place the pork in a baking dish. In a bowl, combine the sugar, Essence, salt, cumin, paprika, pepper, and cayenne. Rub the seasoning evenly over the pork to coat. Cover with plastic and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight. Preheat an oven or smoker to 225 degrees F. Bring the pork to room temperature and place in a roasting pan, fat side up. Slow cook in the oven, basting with the Wet Mop Basting Sauce every 45 minutes, until tender and the internal temperature reaches 160 degrees F. (The cooking should take about 6 to 7 hours.) Remove from the oven and let rest for 20 to 30 minutes. With a knife and fork or two forks, pull the meat apart into small slices or chunks. Toss with the Barbecue Sauce, to taste, and divide among the hamburger buns. Top with coleslaw. Serve with additional Barbecue Sauce on the side. Wet Mop Basting Sauce: 1 cup white vinegar 1 cup apple cider vinegar 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes 1 tablespoon cracked black pepper 1 tablespoon salt The night before you cook the pork, combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and whisk well. Refrigerate and let the flavors blend overnight. Yield: 2 1/4 cups Barbecue Sauce: 1 cup apple cider vinegar 1 cup ketchup 3 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar 1 tablespoon yellow mustard 1 tablespoon molasses 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper In a bowl, combine all the ingredients and whisk well to dissolve the sugar. Place in a squeeze bottle and dress the pulled pork sandwiches to taste. Yield: about 2 cups Linda

Deborah, I hate to tell you this, but nearly all meat that is marketed from the big agri-business farms has antibiotics. They cram too many animals into too little space, feed them a cheap diet that's bad for them and the only way they can keep them from dropping over is to pump them full of antibiotics because they are in such an unhealthy environment. Even milk has antibiotics, chicken, beef, everything, unless the label say it's free of those substances. Ditto growth hormones, which are given to nearly every living creature we eat, because they grow fatter faster and that translates into pounds, which we pay for even though we can't eat it. Yes, buy your beef from a local farmer, pork, eggs, whatever. I just sold an entire beef for $1.60 a pound, hanging weight, and that's home raised, grass fed, organic, growth hormone and antibiotic free beef. I've arranged for slaughter and transport to the meat cutters, all my customers have to do is drive there, pick it up and pay the packaging of 27 cents a pound. They give me a check for the hanging weight, which I give to stepmom. It's even easier than a trip to the grocery store! Eileen, the only problem I have with the "flavor enhancer" is that you are paying $3.99 a pound or whatever for salt and water. Labels say "up to 10%". So, you buy 10 pounds of pork and you actually get 9 pounds of pork and a pound of salt and water for $3.99. Annie

Fori, I made the cornbread recipe from the back of the Quaker box. Used half the cornbread for the stuffing and served the rest the following night with Chili. It's quite good! Easy Corn Bread 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 cup Quaker or Aunt Jemima corn meal 1/4 cup sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional) 1 cup skim milk 1/4 cup vegetable oil 2 egg whites or 1 egg, beaten 1. Heat oven to 400° F. Grease 8 or 9-inch pan. 2. Combine dry ingredients. Stir in milk, oil and egg, mixing just until dry ingredients are moistened. 3. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until light golden brown and wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Serve warm. Servings: Aproximately 9 servings I think the stuffing would be great in a chicken or turkey, too. I usually don't care for fruit with meat, but this is one exception! Linda