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I've been really into root vegetables lately. Picked up some yams, potatoes, carrots, and parsnips on my last grocery run. Chopped, baked with a light drizzle of olive oil, and then lightly salted before tossing it on the plate next to the grilled chicken. Pretty good.

Buy some bone in pork chops and brown them a little on each side. Make a boat out of tin foil and add the chop plus sliced carrots, sliced potato, fresh mushrooms, and some onion. Add a pad of butter and some teriyaki sauce and seal the foil. Cook at 400 for 1 hour and presto a pretty tasty meal. Make 1 boat for each person dining.

Necessary thread revival. Hambone soup -- bay leaves or no?

And I just recently did some research and unburdened myself of that old tale about bay leaves being poisonous if eaten. I still steer way clear of mountain/cherry laurel though.