Power Outage Pork and Cabbage

Power out last night in an ice storm, so we were cooking by candlelight on the stovetop. Browned two thick pork chops in a dutch oven, added a cabbage, cored and cut in eight wedges. Poured a bottle of beer, a can of chicken stock over the top, seasoned with sal, pepper, caraway seed (not too much) and a T of good prepared mustard, covered and simmered for 40 minutes. Removed pork and cabbage and kept warm, while reducing the sauce.... I didn't do this quite as long as I might have liked, because I didn't really have a way to keep everything warm.

Hint: A little squeeze of ketchup is a good way to get a sauce to thicken.

I served this with a box couscous prepared with maybe half a teaspoon of curry powder.... some raisins would have been good in it if you like raisins in your couscous, which I do but my kids don't.