The 3 best recipes I have cooked recently that used pork products.
STUFFED MUSHROOMS
36 baby portabella mushrooms, de stemmed (save stems and chop finely)
4 scallions, chopped
1 lbs Italian sausage
1 cup breadcrumbs, seasoned
1/8 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
With a little butter, saute stems and scallions. Add sausage and brown. Drain off fat and add 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs and mayonnaise. Mix well and stuff mushroom caps. Place caps in baking dish. Mix remaining breadcrumbs with Parmesan cheese and sprinkle on top of stuffed mushrooms. Back 10-15 minutes at 450 degrees F, or until tops are browned.

BRENDA THOMAS’S BAKED BEANS
Fry up some bacon and crumble it. Drain a lot of the grease, but save some for sauteing onions. Saute 1 onion in remaining bacon grease. Add 1 big can beans- not that big, big, can, but you know, the bigger can. Add some mustard, and a splash of Worcestershire sauce. Add brown sugar. Simmer, then stir in crumbled bacon.
Optional: cut-up hot dogs can be added.
SOUTHERN GREEN BEANS
People go crazy for these. I serve them with barbecued chicken, sweet potatoes, and cornbread.
1/4 lbs salt pork and 1 strip of bacon (you can use either or both)
1 lbs of green beans, trimmed
1 cup water
1 onion, chopped
2 T butter
Brown the salt bork and bacon in a pan. Add the beans and everything else. Cook for 3 hours.


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