At the last minute he was reminded he had other plans for the evening. With many sincere apologies he told us there was no way he could stay so we reluctantly prepared the meal without him and packed up some nice leftovers for the next day. I rubbed the loins with some unfamiliar but nice seasoning blends to marinate for the afternoon.
I ran to the market and picked out ingredients for another side dish I have enjoyed with pork chops, ham etc. This was red cabbage cooked with sliced apples, red wine vinegar, red wine, sugar, cloves onions etc. It is a very colorful and tasty sweet-sour accompaniment for the slightly salty seasoned pork. See tomorrow's post for the recipe.
