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Sweet and sour pork?
Pork casserole?

I work in 'old money', so that's £1.99 lb for stewing beef, £1.49 lb for diced pork and £2.19 lb for the brisket. I would say that was definitely cheap Did your mum realise the prices you quoted were per kg ? Maybe she thought it was for a lb in which case that would have been a lot.

I'd make a casserole with the pork. I'd add something sweet to it like apricots, or apple. The sweet and sour idea is a good one too.

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote:

thriftlady.... the pork casserole with the apricots sounds really nice. and i bought tinned apricots yesterday to go in my peach crumble.....

so could you tell use how to make it please..

thank you...:wave:

Blimey, you just have to suggest something on here and someone wants the recipe :rotfl: I'm afraid I don't have an exact recipe, but this is what I'd do;

Toss the meat in seasoned flour and brown in some oil in a casserole. Take the meat out and brown a chopped onion and garlic if you like. Add any spices you like at this stage - coriander would be nice with the apricots as it has quite a fruity flavour.

Put the meat back in the casserole with the onions and add some sort of liquid - take your pick from;a tin of tomatoes, stock, alcohol (cider is nice with pork) or use some fruit juice like apple( with water otherwise it will be too sweet).

Next add other veg such as carrots, peppers, mushrooms and your apricots. You might not want the whole can and use the ones in juice not syrup or use dried apricots.

Make sure the liquid is just covering the meat and veg (add more water if necessary). Bring to the boil, reduce to a simmer and put in the oven at about 150 -160 for a couple of hours.

Taste and add salt and pepper if you want.

HTH:)

As a rough guide a kg is a bit more than twice as much as a lb. So halve the cost per kg and expect it to come in a bit less than that.

1 lb = 454g
2 lb =908 g

:rotfl: Thanks CTC