This is one of my favorite marinades for anything chicken.  This marinade is full of flavor and provides a nice punch.

Ingredients:

• 4 cups orange juice
• 2 limes, juices and 1 tablespoon zest
• 1/2 cup honey
• 5 chipotles in adobo diced with drippings from adobo sauce
• 1/2 C low sodium soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon cumin, finely ground

Instructions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a saucepan
2. Heat to boil and simmer to reduce marinade for about 20 minutes
3. Marinade meat from 4 hours to overnight

I was stumbling along earlier to see if I can get some inspiration for new recipes.  As it didn't help me find a new recipe, it did help me find a new blog post, strange canned foods.

Sweden - Canned Cheeseburger

As you can tell, it is not as advertised in the top picture.  Common response from people, "finally something worse than spam."  The price for the canned cheeseburger is $6, hmm, I think I can go to any fast food restaurant and get a much better burger.

Scandinavia - Canned Reindeer

Considered a delicacy and is actually very healthy for you compared to other red meats.  Cost is about $30, which will have me passing on this little treat.  Wonder how many kids have cried thinking this was Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer in a can?

Thailand - Canned Scorpion

A delicacy in Thailand that costs about $6 for a can.  These scorpions can be eaten whole without getting sick from their venom.  They have to be good with the smokey BBQ flavor, so this one I just might be willing to try.

Korea - Canned Silk worm Pupae

BBQ Flavor Silk worm Pupae, how can you go wrong with that?  Hey it's a tasty nutritious bug snack...  For a about $4 a can, not a bad snack.  Unless you have a think about eating slimy, strange textured bugs, as I do.  I would probably pass on this one, but would be tempted since it has a BBQ flavor.

United States of America

I have ate it as a kid, but find it the most disgusting thing their is.  I probably would eat any of the other strange canned foods (except maybe the Cheeseburger, it's a toss up) before I tried this one again.

Mentionable Honors:

• Thai Green Curry with Crocodile
• Fish Mouths
• Rattlesnake meat (Indiana Jones in a can)
• Whale meat with blubber

As I do kind of make joke of some of these canned foods, but in reality to others they are not strange.  Being from the United States, we have a very strange diets compared to most of the world.  Insects are actually very good for you.  From what I have learned in the past, lots of insects are very high in protein and nil on the fat.  But we have been raised and taught that this is not normal. 

Here is a guide to the different cuts of pork (the greatest meat with the greatest fat).

Jowl:

Not a very common cut of pork, but has its occasional  use.  It used used more in countries outside of the United State.  This cut is also referred as pig neck.  It is a very fatty piece of pork and should be cooked low and slow for long periods of time to render out the fat.  The result is a very tasty and juicy piece of pork.  One of the most unusual recipes including the Jowl is: Cracked Muffins (which I may have to try).

Pork Shoulder:

Consists of two main cuts the Boston Butt and Picnic, both are used for making pulled pork.  Additional cuts consists pork steaks, ground pork, pork shoulder roast, smoked hocks, and shanks.  The cuts from the shoulder are very fatty and best cook low and slow over a long period of time to render out as much of the fat as possible.  The result again are a very tender and juicy pork.  A common pulled pork recipe is the Renowned Mr. Brown.

Loin:

The loin contains some of the more common cuts of pork we buy at the grocery store.  The cuts include loin roast, rack of pork, pork tenderloin, center cut loin chops, pork loin, Canadian back, boneless pork loin, bone in pork chops, center cut pork loin, back ribs, and country-style ribs.  Most the these can be either cooked around fairly quick as these are some of the leanest parts of a pig.

Side:

Consists of the spareribs and bacon sections.  Other cuts include pork belly, St. Louis style spareribs, pork shoulder hocks, pork leg (fresh ham) hocks.  Cuts from the side are fairly fatty and again take advantage of low and slow cooking.  Pork belly is not a very popular cut of pork in the United States, but if cooked right it can be a very versatile cut of pork.  A sample recipe for pork belly is Slow roasted pork belly with pears.

Leg:

The main cuts of pork from this section is the cured ham and fresh leg.  Other cuts consists of pork leg (fresh ham) short shank, pork leg (fresh ham) boneless, coarse chopped pork, and pork cubed steaks.  This is the section where our holiday hams come from. 

Hind Feet (Pig's Feet):

This use to be considered a delicacy in the United States, but no more.  It is still in high demand in countries across the world.  Pig feet is actually not too bad for you as it provides more protein and less fat than country-style pork spare ribs.  A sample recipe for pig feet is Boiled Pigs' Feet Recipe.