Earl Experiments with Kluski Noodles with Smoked Pork(EEK)

My mother was a bargain hunter to the CORE. It seemed to be part of her DNA, but could have been from being born at the end of the depression to a family of humble origins. Either way she knew where they kept the bargains in every store she frequented. And she would buy a good deal even if she had never heard of the product, thinking of someone else and how they may need or want it. That is how I came to have a large package of Kluski Noodles. I can best describe them as polish fettuccine, cut into about 2 inch lengths. They are egg noodles and would have made a great addition to soup, but this is MY experiment!

I have some noodles, smoked pork, ricotta cheese and leftover Alfredo sauce. These are the ingredients for this experiment!

Procedure

• I cooked the noodles per package instructions
• I diced a small yellow onion
• In a sauce pan I cooked the onion
• I then placed the leftover Alfredo sauce and ricotta into the pan with the heat turned down to LOW to warm and soften them with the onion
• After the noodles finished cooking, I drained them, then placed the smoked pork (pulled), into the noodle pot. The pork was cold from being in the fridge so it needed to come up to temp.
• When the pork came up to temperature and was well mixed with the noodles I added the warm cheese & Alfredo sauce to the pan and mixed together thoroughly on a low heat
• I added salt and fresh ground black pepper and served.

Problems

• I undercooked the onion which made the onion a bit too crunchy. I could have cut the amount of onion down by 1/3 and been fine.
• I didn't have enough Alfredo sauce
• I needed more salt in the water for cooking the noodles

Conclusion/Results

While this tasted fine, it was a bit bland, except for the ONION. It could have used a few more spices or herbs. My mom is gone, having passed away earlier this year, so she won't be getting me any more Kluski Noodles, but I might buy some for a soup...who knows!