Meal No. 1478: Smothered Pork Chops with Buttermilk Gravy

It is Shrove Tuesday, and I have scheduled myself on the road all this week, which means I cannot be at home making another King Cake like I did last year. That's too bad because, well, even though I didn't really dig it all that much, I'd love to undertake the endeavor again.

I didn't even remember to grab one of the funky but strangely compelling Abita King Cake sodas that I grabbed on a whim on my last trip to Total Wine. I reckon it'll still be waiting for me in the grand beer cooler in the rehabbed attic once I get home again.

As for the Thursday night meal at the Roediger House last week, it was a terrifically southern concoction: smothered pork chops with buttermilk gravy. I stumbled across this when passing the time looking at the Food Network's list of most downloaded recipes for 2015. It's a great find, my friends: this was incredibly delicious.

It cooked up nicely in my cast iron skillet and paired well with mashed potatoes and some sugar snap peas.

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"Smothered Pork Chops," from Tyler Florence and The Food Network.