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Your Guide to What’s Happening in NH’s Lakes Region

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October 4 • Vol 38 • No 27

Art, Food, Homes... & Lakes Region Events

Inside This Issue... Find More Watercolor| Page 3

What’s Up | Pages 14-16

Outside with Emma | Page 8

‘Cue the Grill | Page 22

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‘Seeing Your World in Watercolor’ versions of it inside and there are 12 of them” to correspond with the 12 videos, Larry said.

“So, as of October, the people who buy the book will have access to 12 instructional videos in addition to the book, so that way, they’ve got the pictures, they’ve got the words, and if that doesn’t make sense, they’ve got the action. They’ll be able to see it from different points of view, especially like brush strokes. Instead of just seeing a hand holding a brush, they’ll be able to see how much pressure I put on the brush or how I twist the brush,” Larry said.

The videos will be password-protected, so owners of the book will contact Larry with verification of the purchase in order to get their password to unlock the video. Or, he said, people may want to purchase the video alone, “which means eventually you’re going to want the book.

“Ideally,” he added, “it would be nice to do an e-book.” That would allow him to link a photo in the e-book with the accompanying video. “But technology-wise, I’m not there yet.”

While all of the writing is Larry’s, he wanted to include some students’ work as well as some photographs that readers can use in creating their own watercolors. Seven local photographers contributed three photos each to serve as subjects for the readers’ own exper• Watercolor continued on page 4

Larry Frates with a display of his paintings.

he worked with an editor and a graphics person to pull together his thoughts and place them in a layout that communicated the joy of painting.

Larry said the name of the book came from the online classes he had been forced to do during the COVID-19 pandemic: “Art To You With Larry.”

“I couldn’t have my classes, so we had to figure out other ways of keeping the classes going — keeping the adults that I had engaged in painting,” he said.

The videos were done as a series of four classes, with Larry providing instruction and listing the materials the viewers would need to create their own paintings.

“So I started looking at that and said, ‘Well, this is something that could work with the book,’” he said.

Larry is working with photographer/ videographer Alan MacRae in creating videos that will accompany the print edition of his new book. By October, there will be 12 videos that supplement the book’s text and graphics.

“So what we’ve got now is a book with plenty of instruction, plenty of background information, some fundamental stuff with design and composition, a lot about watercolor; and we’ve got a supplement now where we’ve got this little Larry — the cartoon that’s on the cover of the book — with little

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By Thomas P. Caldwell Larry Frates, artist-in-residence at Laconia’s Belknap Mill, has been teaching art to all ages since the 1970s, and now is venturing into new territory with a book-and-video project that aims to make the essentials of watercolor painting even more accessible.

The new book, Art To You With Larry: Seeing Your World In Watercolor, grew out of a collaboration between Larry, Chris Beyer, a writer and English teacher in Laconia, the Belknap Mill, and book publisher Kathy Waldron. Kathy’s company, Give a Salute, had published the book, Socks, The Belknap Mill Christmas Elf, based on the stuffed elf doll that appears in the Belknap Mill’s social media postings leading up to Christmas Eve. Beyer wrote the children’s book, using the elf to tell the history of the former textile mill-turned-museum, and Larry provided the illustrations.

Having seen Larry’s work in that book, Kathy suggested that he consider sharing his knowledge of art in a book.

“I said, ‘Okay, let’s see what we can do,’” Larry recalled. “I had to sit down and sort of sift through my brain and figure out the most important parts of watercolor that I’ve been talking to my students about in class.”

Kathy encouraged him to “just start writing” and, as he did, he started looking through photographs and other images that might supplement the words.

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Page 4 | THE LAKER | October 4, 2021 • Watercolor continued from page 3 iments with watercolor. Those pages are followed by examples of Larry’s and his students’ works to show how diverse the interpretations and use of watercolor can be.

Those interested in the book may purchase it directly from Larry at www.

larryfratescreates.com, or at the Belknap Mill. Copies soon will be available at bookstores as well.

Another way to learn more about the book is to meet Larry in person at a series of gallery exhibits. The Lakes Region Center for the Arts in Meredith is organizing gallery shows at local libraries as part of its public outreach goal, and engaged Larry for an exhibit

at the Wolfeboro Public Library, running through Thursday, Oct. 7. On the final day of the exhibit, there will be a Meet the Artist event at 6 p.m. Larry will talk about his new book and do a painting demonstration.

Larry has future exhibits planned at the Meredith and Moultonborough public libraries.

Larry said he chose Wolfeboro for his first exhibit in the series because he was not as well-known there. “It would be a whole new audience,” he said.

Having been associated with the former Artisans on the Bay in Meredith, as well as other art groups in that town, his name is well-known in Meredith.

He also has conducted two watercolor classes at the Meredith library.

As for Moultonborough, during his teaching days, he had served as an art teacher at Moultonborough Academy from its inception until its art department grew to three instructors.

With his background in teaching, Larry likes to describe watercolors as being “the adolescent of all mediums.”

“It’s similar to working with middle school kids,” he said. “Oil is pretty predictable, acrylic is pretty predictable, pen-and-ink is predictable; and watercolor, just when you think you’ve got it, it does something, and it challenges you … and basically, that’s what happens with adolescents.” They seem to have grasped a lesson one day, and the next day, they seem to have left everything they learned at home, and the teacher has to try another angle to get the lesson across.

“I just think it’s a fun thing to do,” he said of watercolor painting. “It’s challenging, it’s simple, and in some cases it’s relaxing, and it will do what you know it will do. But then you reach a point where you want a challenge and so you try other things — it might be a different brush, it might be a new kind of paint, a new color. But I like the spontaneity of it, the challenge of it. It says what it has to say.”

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waste material that must either be composted on-site or hauled away Many gardeners like to perform a to a transfer station. Those who have garden clean-up at the end of the season opted to maintain their own backyard before the onset of winter. Usually this compost pile must pay close attention means cutting back perennials, pulling to which materials are placed on the up spent vegetables and annuals, and pile and which are discarded. Which raking up leaves as they drop from the materials you can safely compost has trees and shrubs. Tidying up the yard everything to do with the composting and garden in the fall saves a lot of WRAPPED COMPOSITE DECKING method you use. effort in the spring and helps gardeners Composting is often broken down into limit some issues with overwintering two separate categories, cold and hot. pests and diseases.

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Hot composting is fairly labor intensive, but it yields finished compost in a relatively short period of time.

It requires a large amount of organic material for piles to reach a height and width of least at 4-5 feet, and the piles must be kept moist and well aerated with frequent turnings. Well executed hot compost piles can reach over 140 degrees F, which is hot enough to kill most weed seeds and plant diseases.

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Loons and Leaves: Squam Lake Fall Naturalist Cruise will take place on October 8 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Against the backdrop of colorful foliage, enjoy the sheltered coves and mountain views of Squam Lake. Look in on loon activities as young loons grow up and all prepare to migrate to the ocean for the winter. Find out why loons pick Squam Lake as their summer home.

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Yester year

The History of Ossipee Mountain Park

By Kathi Caldwell-Hopper Before there was Castle in the Clouds, there was Ossipee Mountain Park. Before Castle owner Thomas Plant brought his wealth and his name to the area, the Lee family and later, the Shaws, resided on the land in the mountain area of Moultonborough, New Hampshire.

Following the Revolutionary War, families were moving from Boston, Portsmouth and other populated aeras to a was a beautiful valley in the Ossipee Mountains.

It was to become the Lee Settlement, named for the first people to settle there, the Lee family. More settlers

followed, perhaps because they were relatives or friends of the Lees. Maybe they had heard of the house the Lee family had built on the property in the 1790s and hoped for success as well. The families were the Copps, Whithams, Whittens, Roberts, and the Hornes. It was a hard-working life and the newer arrivals constructed modest homes much smaller in size than the Lee homestead.

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The community was close-knit and neighbors pitched in to help one another. For some time there was no school in the remote area, but eventually, a schoolhouse was built in the Whitten family’s field; around 15 children attended the school. The teacher boarded in the homes of local families, according to “The Mountain

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The Lee family and a few others still resided at the area and many were willing to sell their land or portions of their property to Shaw. He envisioned a grand mountain summer home, and he bought about 350 acres in the 1870s to 1880s.

Shaw’s new vacation home was called Weelahka Hall and it also was used as a hotel. With fresh air, beautiful, tranquil countryside and fresh produce and meat from the Lee farm, it was a bit of heaven for Shaw and his city guests.

Although wealthy, the Shaws, it was said, got along very well with the Settlement’s year-round residents, being particularly fond of the Lee family. The Horne family remained in the community and Mr. Shaw employed Henry Horne as his estate manager. The two were close and Shaw was good to those who worked for him.

The new summer home of the Shaw family was large and beautiful. It is said, according to “New Insights on the History of Castle in the Clouds” that the home had a two-story balustrade veranda on two sides of the structure.

The views were likely breathtaking, encompassing the lake and mountains.

Those approaching Weelahka Hall could not mistake it, because tall brick chimneys left no doubt of the site of Shaw’s summer home.

Along with the house, Shaw built a lookout seat with a large roof for his guests and family. From here the views were spectacular and it was at this same spot that Thomas Plant later built his estate, Lucknow, eventually named Castle in the Clouds. The lookout was dubbed The Crow’s Nest and it was a portion of the Ossipee Mountain Park that Shaw opened for public use. (Perhaps Shaw was an early land conservationist, because it is said he charged an admission fee of 25 cents for park entrance, to protect the property.)

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The Ossipee Mountain lodging establishment and the surrounding area (in the late 1800s) was ideal for those who wished a quiet, rural vacation.

Guests came by recommendation and could enjoy the natural amenities Thomas Plant was later to embrace: waterfalls, hiking paths, open fields, deep woods, views of Lake Winnipesaukee and of course, the tranquility of country life.

After Shaw passed away in 1891, his family continued to manage the property. Interesting to note, the writer Robert Frost spent a summer at Ossipee

Park, although he did not lodge in the main hotel, but found rough lodgings in a cottage on the Horne property.

Frost, it was said, had followed a young lady to Moultonborough, and it seems likely he wished to court her. After the summer, they both returned to teaching jobs in Massachusetts, and continued their acquaintance. They were married in 1895; it was a good relationship, and it may have started one summer in Moultonborough, New Hampshire.

The Shaw family later sold the property and it was owned by others, until eventually being purchased by the wealthy Thomas Plant.

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Through Oct. 31, Shaped by Conflict: Mementoes of WWII Era, exhibit, Museum of WWII, 77 Center St., Wolfeboro, info: wrightmuseum.org, 5691212.

Oct. 4, Culinary Adventures, Moosewood Restaurant, 6-7:30 pm, making recipes from the cookbook, Moultonboro Public Library, Holland St., Moultonboro, pre-register: 476-8895.

Oct. 5, Digging into Native American History, talk by Robert Goodby, Ph.D, for Meredith Historical Society, 7 pm, held at Meredith Community Center, free, refreshments at 6:30 pm, program at 7 pm, meredithhistoricalsocietynh. com.

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Oct. 5, Traditional Matryoshka Nested Doll Making: From Russia to NH, 10 am, speaker: Marina Forbes, NH Veteran’s Home, 139 Winter St., Tilton, info: 527-4816, NH Humanities program.

Oct. 7, Theatre Thursday Matinee, 1-3 pm, free, held in Agnes Thompson Mtg. Room, 875-2550, Gilman Library, 100 Main St., Alton.

Oct. 8, Al Stewart concert, 7:30 pm, Flying Monkey, 39 S. Main St., Plymouth, info: 536-2551, www.flyingmonkeynh.com.

Oct. 9, Basket Weaving Workshop, instructor Ray Lagasse, 8:30 am-4:30 pm, League of NH Craftsmen Meredith Fine Craft Gallery, 279 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith, pre-register: 279-7920.

Oct. 9, Fall Foliage Tour, 1-3 pm, geared for all ages, Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, 928 White Oaks Rd., Laconia, 366-5695, www.prescottfarm.org.

Oct. 9, Harp Twins, concert, 7:30 pm, Franklin Opera House, 316 Central St., Franklin, tickets/info: www.franklinoperahouse.org, 934-1901.

Oct. 9, Ice Cream Social for Kids and Guests, 10 am-6 pm, Lakes Region Art Assoc. Gallery, 120 Laconia Rd., Tanger Outlet, Suite 132, Tilton, www.lraanh. org.

Oct. 9, Lincoln Fall Craft Festival, 10 am-5 pm, Castleberry Fairs, Main St., Lincoln, www.castleberryfairs.com.

Oct. 9, Open Air Farmers Market, 10 am-1 pm, New Hampton Townhouse, info: 254-5858.

Oct. 9, New England Mountain Biking, 10 am-noon, meet at Holderness School/ice rink, learn about sustainable trail use with Peter Rathsack, info: Squam Lakes Assoc., Holderness, location of program tentative; call 968-7336 for updates and to pre-register.

Oct. 9, Quilt Square Pillow, 10 am-noon, for all ages, Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, 928 White Oaks Rd., Laconia, 366-5695, www.prescottfarm.org.

Oct. 9, Saturday Glow Slime, 10-11:30 am, make spooky glow slime, Laconia Public Library, 695 Main St., Laconia, info: 524-4775.

Oct. 9, Tree & Shrub Identification Workshop by Tom Foster, 10 am-12:30 pm, geared for adults, Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, 928 White Oaks Rd., Laconia, 366-5695, www.prescottfarm.org.

Oct. 9-11, Lakes Region Parade of Homes, 10 am-4 pm, view beautiful homes designed/built by area professionals, admission/tickets/info: www. lakesregionparadeofhomes.com.

Oct. 9-11, Sandwich Fair, Sandwich Fairgrounds, rides, concessions, agricultural exhibits, info@thesandwichfair.com, 284-7062.

Oct. 10, Fall Foliage Foot Race, 9:30-10:30 am, Waterville Valley, www. waterville.com.

Oct. 10, Graveyard Tour, 4 pm, Castle in the Clouds, Rt. 171, Moultonboro, info/tickets: 476-5900, www.castleintheclouds.org.

Oct. 10, Lincoln Fall Craft Festival, 10 am-5 pm, Castleberry Fairs, Main St., Lincoln, www.castleberryfairs.com.

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Oct. 11, Open Columbus Day, final day of the season, NH Boat Museum, 399 Center St., Wolfeboro, 569-4554, www.nhbm.org.

Oct. 12, American St. Nick, showing of the WWII-themed holiday movie, 7 pm, Wright Museum of WWII, 77 Center St., Wolfeboro, tickets/info: 569-1212.

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Cruise with a Naturalist, Tuesdays & Thursdays at 3 pm, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center, Holderness, tickets/info: 968-7194, www.nhnature.org.

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Libby Museum of Natural History, natural history and art exhibits, 755 N. Main St., Wolfeboro, admission info: 569-1035.

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NH Farm Museum, old-time farm, programs, events for families, 1305 White Mt. Highway, Milton, 652-7840, www.nhfarmmuseum.org.

North East Motor Sports Museum, open Saturdays, 10 am-4 pm, 922 Rt. 106, Loudon, info: 783-0183, www.nemsmuseum.com.

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Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center, Laconia, trails open for hiking. Prescott Farm is located at 928 White Oaks Road in Laconia, www. prescottfarm.org.

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Tamworth Farmer’s Market, 9 am-noon, Saturdays at KA Brett School, 881 Tamworth Road, Tamworth, info: www.tamworthfarmersmarket.org.

Wolfeboro Outdoor Farmers Market, every Thurs. until Oct. 28, 12:30-4:30 pm, Clark Park, 233 S. Main St., Wolfeboro, fresh veggies, flowers, handmade goods and more, info: www.wolfeborofarmersmarket.com.

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Textiles at the Belknap Mill The Belknap Mill Society’s Textile Workshop Series continues this fall (in three parts) in the Mill’s Rose Chertok Gallery located on the third floor. For the safety of all, masks will be required Workshop participants can register for each individual program or the entire series. The Belknap Mill is located at 25 Beacon Street East in Laconia.

From Fleece to Yarn: Introduction to Preparing Wool and Spinning will be presented by Donna Kay. Donna has been studying traditional knitting for 30 years. ‘Folk’ knitting is her passion, and Donna loves passing her skills and knowledge on to others. This program will be held Wednesday, October 20 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and is open

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The Circular Knitting Machine: Yesterday and Today offers a tour and demonstration on Wednesday, October 27 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The workshop is open to all ages and participants will receive an in-person, docentguided tour of the Belknap Mill’s Knitting Exhibit to learn how socks were produced through the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Laconia.

A demonstration with Jim Grant, via Zoom, from Good Karma Farm in Bethel, Maine will follow, introducing and encouraging participants to learn what circular knitting machines are making today. Register early as this class is limited to 20 participants. The fee for this workshop is $5.00.

Introduction to Knitting Socks is the final workshop in the series with Donna Kay and will be held on Wednesday, November 3 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and is open to those people age 12 and older who have some knitting experience. Donna will teach how to knit a small sock from start to finish, how to turn a heel and shape the gusset

and toe. Participants must supply their own yarn and needles. A materials list will be emailed to each participant after registering. Sock patterns and handouts will be supplied, as well as a pattern for adult sized socks to take home. This class is limited to 12 participants. The workshop fee is $25.00.

Donna Kay is a knitting instructor, designer and accomplished hand spinner. Known for her patient teaching manner, she delights in sharing her knowledge and passion with her students. Donna designs for her company, Tree of Life Designs, and is a frequent contributor to Interweave Knits, PLY and Spin Off. She resides on a farm in New Hampshire with her husband, horses, a flock of sheep and a growing herd of spinning wheels.

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Wright Museum of WWII presents The American St. Nick On Tuesday, Oct. 12, the Wright Museum in Wolfeboro will show the documentary film, The American St. Nick, as part of the museum’s 2021 Lecture Series, presented by Ron Goodgame and Donna Canney.

The film is based on the book with the same name by author Peter Lion about the true story of American GIs who brought Christmas back to the small village of Wiltz, Luxembourg in the midst of World War II. Having previously spoken about his book at the Wright Museum in September, Lion will return for the screening of the 2015 documentary.

He will discuss the making of the film, which was produced and directed by the WWII Foundation’s Tim Gray.

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“This is a wonderful opportunity to actually see the people, places and events that comprise this heartwarming, true story that spans nearly seven decades and continues to this day,” he said. “This film honors the incredible sacrifices of all American soldiers who helped liberate Europe in World War II.” The American St. Nick begins at 7 p.m. and will be shown at the Wright Museum, 77 Center Street in Wolfeboro on the first floor of the new DuQuoin Education Center. Admission is $3 for members and $8 for non-members.

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With ever-expanding programs and personnel, in 2012 The Heifetz Institute became a chartered corporation in the State of Virginia, at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton. The Wolfeboro Friends of Music immediately signed the young artists of “Heifetz on Tour” once yearly, onto the regular eight-concert season that runs from September through May. Thus, Wolfeboro is listed on the Institute website as a cultural partner.

At every subsequent “Heifetz on Tour” engagement, at least one of the three organization leaders (founder and violinist Daniel Heifetz; Music Director (2019) violinist/ violist Nicholas Kitchen; and Heifetz

President Benjamin Roe) greeted the Wolfeboro Friends of Music audience from the stage in Brewster Academy’s Anderson Hall to introduce the young artists. Their joint collaboration and creative energy, in the wake of the global pandemic, has made it possible starting in 2020, for The Heifetz Institute to become the first major summer concert music festival to take its program into the digital realm.

One-hundred students were taught by 40 faculty across nine time zones around the globe, and Rubato: The Heifetz Virtual Concert Hall became the online version of its traditional summertime Festival of Concerts.

Over the past 86 years, Wolfeboro Friends of Music has provided music to the residents of Wolfeboro and the Lakes Region through ticket sales, advertisers, sponsors, and donors to sustain its musical performances, educational programs, grants, equipment, and lessons to students in the Governor Wentworth School District, as well as providing full tuition grants for middle school and high school music students to attend the University of New Hampshire’s prestigious Summer Youth Music School.

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Columbus Day Grilling

By Chef Kelly Ross Let’s concentrate on the beautiful foliage that is upon us, as well as the grand finale to grilling season to 80-90 percent of the public. This is a great time of year to celebrate your grill as much as is humanly possible.

I turn autumn into a favorite time by grilling like a madman and hosting bonfire parties. The nights are cool, there are no bugs like in the summer, and we don’t have to stand in snow like in the winter.

This time of year, not everyone can get their arm twisted to spark up the grill, even on a long holiday weekend, so I will toss a couple of great recipes for you to enjoy for indoor entertaining.

When I think of special occasion dinners during the autumn, I think of pork specialty dinners. I usually save my favorite recipe for the end of my article, but today, let’s open up with it. This is a combination of a pork loin roast and arguably everyone’s favorite autumn/winter soup: French Onion Soup. I’ve never met anyone who has not loved this combo, as long as you aren’t a vegetarian. This one will be cooked inside, which will give your house one of the best aromas of all time. This will feed 4-6 of you.

French Onion Stuffed Pork Loin For The Onions

¼ cup butter 2 large Vidalia or other sweet onions ½ cup beef broth For The Pork 1 center cut pork loin, ideally around 4 lbs 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper 1 tsp Italian seasoning 3 cups shredded Gruyere cheese, divided In a large oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat, melt butter. Add onions and beef broth and cook until the onions are browned and tender, approximately 15-20 minutes. Transfer cooked onions to a bowl and tent to keep warm. Butterfly the pork. With the pork on a cutting board with one of the narrow ends directly in front of you, hold a knife blade parallel to the board, cutting the wide end and carefully make a lengthwise cut about 1/3 of the way from the bottom, stopping about 1 inch from the opposite end, being careful not to cut through. Open the loin like a book. Make a second cut on the thick side of the pork loin, horizontal with the first cut. Do not cut all the way through, stop about 1 inch from the opposite edge. Fold that edge over making one long cut of pork loin giving yourself one large thin

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Rub over both sides of pork loin. Top the pork loin with half of the cooked onions and half of the shredded cheese.

Tightly roll the pork loin to completely enclose all of the fillings and tie with twine. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. In the same skillet over medium heat, add the pork loin to the pan and sear on all sides (about 5 minutes on each side). Turn the loin a total of 4 times.

Transfer the skillet to the oven and cook for 25-30 minutes or until the pork loin reaches an internal temperature of 145 degrees. Occasionally baste the pork loin with the pan juices. Increase oven temperature to broil. Top pork loin with remaining cheese and onions and cook for 5 minutes or until cheese is melted and golden brown. Slice and serve warm. Add parsley for garnish. Serve this up with your favorite potatoes and vegetables and you will fall in love!

Let’s take the party outside now. This is a pork shoulder, which I love. You can book it on a low heat, which I find outstanding, or on a medium heat where you may have to deal with occasional flare-ups from grease melting and possible blackening in places. Trust me, it’s awesome either way, and for the most part, I never suggest leaving your grill unattended; if a flare-up occurs, you are there to babysit it. This recipe is for 4-6 people.

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Prepare a grill for medium heat.

Drizzle pork all over with oil, then grill, turning every 5 minutes or so, until extremely, gorgeously browned and crisp and to a temperature of 120 degrees or so, usually about 35 - 45 minutes. Continue to grill, brushing with sauce and turning not quite every minute. You’re going to see flare-ups, but don’t worry. Once the pork is glazed and shiny and temperature on thermometer has risen to 135 degrees, cook 5 - 10 minutes more. Transfer pork to a platter and let it rest 30 minutes with a tin foil tent so the temp can rise on its own; reserve remaining sauce. Transfer pork to a cutting board and pour any accumulated juices on the platter into reserved sauce. Return sauce to a simmer. Slice pork against the grain, ¼-inch thick. Arrange on platter, spoon some sauce over it, and season with salt. Serve remaining ‘Cue the Grill continued on page 23

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Next up, we have a fun dish that easily be done either inside or out. I think the weather may easily dictate which way to go, although a sauté pan or two is mandatory. I use sauté pans outside quite a bit on my side burner to the grill as well as right on the grill. However, if you have a wild and windy day, that can make it tough. So, in that regard, the choice is yours, my friends. We use pork tenderloin this time around, although we slice it before cooking and coat each slice with Parmesan cheese and then sauté or grill them. Regardless of your approach, this meal is delicious and goes together in a pretty short time and serves four.

Parmesan Pork Tenderloin 2 pork tenderloins, 1 lb each, trimmed of silver skin 2+ cups Parmesan cheese, start w/1 cup and gradually add more as needed 2 small Vidalia or other sweet onions 3 cups sliced fresh mushrooms 2 cloves of garlic, minced 4 tsp butter, divided 4 tsp olive oil, divided ½ cup beef broth 4 tbsp port wine, or additional beef broth ¼ tsp dried basil ¼ tsp dried thyme ¼ tsp dried rosemary A few good dashes of black pepper 1 tsp cornstarch 6 tbsp water Salt, optional, if needed once cooked Cut pork into ½-inch thick slices; flatten to 1/8-in. thickness. Coat with Parmesan cheese on both sides; set aside. In a large skillet, sauté the onion, mushrooms and garlic in 2 teaspoon butter and 2 teaspoons oil until tender; remove and keep warm. In the same skillet, cook pork in remaining 2 teaspoons butter and 2 teaspoons oil in batches over medium heat until juices run clear, about 2 minutes on each side. Remove and keep warm.

Add broth to pan, scraping to loosen browned bits. Stir in wine or additional broth; add seasonings. Bring to a boil.

Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into pan juices.

Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Serve with the pork and the onion mixture. This is a pretty cool combo of flavors, and also

is really good over pasta. If that is your approach, maybe bulk up on the sauce ingredients.

One thing I do every now and then at home and in my articles, which I never did at work, is to share a recipe where I cheat using a little help from a supermarket. (I have to really love it to do it, and I then I have no problem with it.) I actually get a lot of positive feedback when I share this type of recipe as most people like recipes that can be simplified, or so they tell me.

The bottom line is if it’s delicious and saves time, cool! I have done these from complete scratch as well and if anyone is interested, e-mail me and I will share it with you (my e-mail address is at the end of this article). This is an indoor pork chop and boxed scalloped potato casserole that I find yummy. We all need a shortcut now and then. This will feed 4, although I usually double this up for a full table.

Pork Chops with Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes 4 boneless pork loin chops (1/2 inch thick) ¼ tsp pepper 1 box (4.7 oz) scalloped potatoes 2 cups boiling water 2/3 cup half-and-half ¾ cup shredded Cheddar cheese (3 oz) 1/3 cup sliced green onions 2 tsp chopped fresh thyme leaves 10 slices bacon, crisply cooked, crumbled Heat a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Sprinkle pork chops with pepper; brown 3 minutes on each side. Spray a 2 1/2-quart casserole with cooking spray. Stir sauce mix from potato box, boiling water and halfand-half with whisk in casserole. Stir in cheese, potatoes from potato box, green onions and thyme. Stir in half of the crumbled bacon. Place pork chops on potatoes in casserole. Cover; bake 25 minutes in a preheated 400-degree oven or according to the box. Uncover; bake 5 to 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender, pork is no longer pink in the center, and meat thermometer inserted in center of pork reads 145-degrees F. Sprinkle with remaining bacon and, if desired, additional sliced green onions.

(I know it’s a cheater, but I do love this dish, ever since I was a kid. I’ve never known a chef that didn’t cheat now and then, but when we do, it better darn well be good!)

Last on today’s hit list is another delicious pork roast I strongly suggest

doing in the oven. This 4 lb. roast has an incredible blend of other flavors and is cooked most of the time Dutch oven style on a low heat to allow all the flavors to blend together well. This is another winning recipe guaranteed to make the house smell amazing. This will feed 4 - 6 of you quite easily. I named this after my Uncle Dick who served this to me the first time I had it, although I have had it many times since.

Uncle Dick’s Pork Roast 1 pork roast, 4+ lbs 2 cans of cannelloni beans, 16 oz each 1 can of beer, 12 oz.

1 can stewed tomatoes, drained 2 large sweet onions, coarsely chopped 10 shallots, peeled 10 cloves of garlic, peeled Salt and pepper to taste 2 bay leaves 3 sprigs fresh rosemary Preheat your oven to 275 degrees. In a large skillet over medium high heat,

brown the roast on all sides, about 1015 minutes. Place the roast in a large roasting pan, then pour the beans, beer, and tomatoes right over the roast.

Arrange the onions, shallots, garlic, bay leaves and rosemary sprigs around the roast and season with salt and pepper.

Cover, and bake for 4 hours. Raise the temp to 425 degrees after 4 hours and cook for an additional hour. Pull from the oven, uncover and carefully put the roast on a platter. After 20 minutes, with a slotted spoon, transfer all the goodies out of the dish into a bowl.

Slice the pork with a slotted spoon, and then spoon all the goodies out of the dish onto the platter surrounding the pork. Ladle some of the broth over the meat and veggies and dig in with enthusiasm.

Happy Columbus Day and may you enjoy it to the fullest. If you care to touch base with any questions or feedback, please e-mail me at fenwaysox10@gmail.com.

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