you never know what you’ll run across on the internet

Aug 29, 2020

On the Internet, you can find just about anything. Even old things. Like a photo of my grandfather (left), born in 1904, standing beside his brother, Chalkie.

Noah and Chalkie Garriott

A photo of my great grandfather and his boys was in the mix — and this is the only photo of him I’ve ever seen…

Grandpa Garriott and his boys
William C. “Polly” Garriott (kneeling), Noah (my grandfather), Mike/Hazel, and Chalkie

And my great grandmother, Lula…

Lula Garriott

And finally, an amazing recipe — Best Damn Pork Chops in a Airfryer (that’s really the name someone gave this recipe — I didn’t make it up).

best damn pork chops

Here’s the recipe so you can make it too:

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 center-cut, bone-in pork chops, 1 1/2 – 2 inches thick
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon paprika
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon ground mustard
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1–2 tablespoons olive oil

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Preheat air fryer to 400 degrees for 5 minutes
  2. Rinse pork chops with cool water and pat dry completely with a paper towel.
  3. In a small bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients.
  4. Coat the pork chops with olive oil and rub in the mix. Rub it in well and liberally. Use almost all of the rub mix for the 2 pork chops.
  5. Cook pork chops in air fryer at 400 degrees for 12 minutes, flipping pork chops over after 6 minutes.

Daily new COVID-19 cases (7 day moving average):
Indiana-20.0 (way, way up); Jackson Co – 13.9 (up); Florida 15.6 (down); Nevada – 17.0 (down)

Maybe it’s ok for the peskies to head south now. 🙂

TIL (today I learned):

Mickey Mouse