Traveling with the Grobmyers…again

 On the road again….. we headed out of town for a quick weekend getaway. This time we are headed to Lafayette, Indiana. You know us we can’t just drive straight somewhere we had to make some detours along the way. You might be asking why Lafayette Indiana. Well, there was a spring regional meet for the Midwest A.C. Gilbert Heritage Society.  Joe wanted to go check it out so I tagged along. 

Thursday night we stayed in Bowling Green, Ky home of Western Kentucky University. We were on the edge of campus and this greeted us in the lobby.

Bowling Green is home of the corvette factory and the National Corvette Museum. Not far up the road is Abraham Lincoln’s boyhood home. I gave Joe a choice of which place he wanted to go to and he picked Lincoln. So we headed for Hodgenville and Lincoln’s birthplace.

This was a cool picture of Lincoln made out of pennies.

The Lincoln family Bible.

Check out the Lincoln family lineage; the Wright Brothers and the Bush presidents, along with Robert Frost and Tennessee Williams.

This building houses the log cabin. There are 56 steps leading to the top to represent the 56 years Lincoln lived.

The cornerstone was set in 1909.

President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone in 1909 and the monument was dedicated by President Taft in 1911.

The Lincoln family cabin. You can kinda see how small the cabin was on the inside.

We drove on to Lafayette to meet some of the members for the Early Bird dinner special. Saturday morning I dropped Joe off with his Gilbert toys and drove to Monticello, Indiana to meet a friend at a quilt shop. The Quilted Bee is a new shop.they have been open for little over a year. The owner greeted us and was so helpful and friendly. My friend is a regular there and I can see why. 

Because it was my first trip in the store I got a goodie bag. Just like going to a birthday party. I checked it out when I got home. There’s some good stuff I can’t wait to try out. If I’m ever in the area again I will be stopping back in to see what’s new.

I went back and picked Joe back up and our next stop was Mark’s Feed Store in Louisville, Ky. If you are ever in Louisville you need to go check them out out. We have been stopping in there for 30 years. We basically get the same thing every time. Why change a good thing. We always start with the onion straws which are so good. I get the pulled pork sandwich with their corn on the cob. The corn is deep fried! Joe always get their burgoo. And usually some comes home with us too.

Louisville is getting ready for the 150th Running to the Roses that will take place Saturday.

We made it home and the laundry is done. Monday starts another work week around here.

Crock Pot Mississippi Pork Chops

 Yes I am Mississipping something again. Why not? These recipes are usually delicious and very easy to make with very little clean up. What is not to like? And yes I used Mississippi as a verb. This recipe doesn’t even take that long.

Doesn’t that look good?

The recipe called for 6 pork chops but I only needed four so that is all I used.

The recipe calls for browning the meat. So I put a little olive oil in the skillet and heated it.

Add the chops to the skillet. You don’t want to cook them just add a little color to them.

Turn a get a little color on the other side.

Take them out of the skillet. Next time I don’t think I will brown them first. At the finish cooking time it didn’t make a difference.

Use the liners to make clean up a breeze. More importantly it makes your crock pot still look new.

Put the chops in the bottom of your crock pot.

Sprinkle a package of dry ranch seasoning on top.

All on top.

Then sprinkle the package of Au jus seasoning on top.

Then add as many or as few pepperoncini peppers around the bottom.

Put them on the pork chops on the edge wherever you want them.

Slice 1 stick of butter into small pieces and place around in the bottom.

This is optional but measure out 1/4 pepperoncini pepper juice and pour around the pork chops.

I poured it more around the edges than on top.

Now cover and cook on low for 2-3 hours or high for 1-2 hours. I cooked mine on low. I don’t like to cook on high much. I will turn it on high for a few minutes but not for very long.

They are ready to serve.

Add some veggies and you have a quick and yummy meal.

Crock pot Mississippi Pork Chops Recipe 

6 boneless pork chops

1 packet ranch seasoning

1 packet Au jus seasoning

10-12 pepperoncini peppers

1/4 cup pepperoncini pepper juice optional

1 stick butter sliced into pieces.