Pork chops with Chorizo Fried Potatoes and Snow Peas (by G)

Biggs had advised me earlier in the week that this week is bacon week... or perhaps pork week.  I decided to cover all the bases by having pork chops with a side of bacon.

My original idea was to see what would happen if I slow roasted pork chops instead of quickly pan frying them and finishing them off in the oven. Part way through the day I discovered that Kensington Pride enthusiast and all-round enigmatic character Alex was in town so I invited him over for dinner and decided not to get experimental and just do pork chops the usual way.  Unfortunately I started cooking the chops a bit early and ended up doing a sort of half-slow cook/half fast-cook combo that is probably not the best option.  I also oven baked the side bacon for some reason - it would have been much better just fried.

The potatoes were just par-boiled then fried along with some diced chorizo, onion and garlic. The snow peas were quickly blanched and served for the sole purpose of adding colour and non-porky nutrition.

With this dinner I could have done better but it took very little effort so I guess that is an acceptable compromise.

Alex had suggested he bring a cheese cake for dessert - unfortunately he couldn't get one so he came with a sticky date pudding that serves 8, plus a Vienetta and a family sized block of chocolate.  We all had a slice of Vienetta. I'm not much of one for desserts but this was a pretty good option - creamy and not too sweet.