The Best Thing I Ever Ate...

I think that's the title of a show on the Food Network channel, but in this case, it refers to my dinner on Sunday night.  Jason slow roasted a pork shoulder that was rubbed with brown sugar and sea salt and basted with the fat/juices throughout the cooking process.   Seriously, it was probably one of if not the best thing I've ever eaten!  In addition to the pork shoulder, he steamed broccoli, cooked a bag of instant rice (at my request) and made a cucumber/carrot salad.  We could easily have done without any of those "sides" and just had more meat!  Words do not do this meal justice, and a picture only gets you half way there.  



The entire outside was this crispy, kind of melt-in-your mouth fat that I never in a million years would admit to eating, except that it was AMAZING!  I suppose that's what happens when you spend 7+ hours cooking a piece of meat and drenching it in its own fat:)  I'm not positive, but I think if I could have convinced my sister to try a bite, she probably wouldn't be a vegetarian anymore!!

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  1. LynseyNovember 2, 2010 at 9:49 AM

    And to think.. you used to be a vegetarian. The meal sounds amazing and the meat is mouth watering. I need to make a visit so J can cook for me. :)

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  2. mommy myeNovember 2, 2010 at 1:01 PM

    wow, that looks SO darn yummy! I definitely need to try that. I'm sure the Hubs will LOVE it. So I just have to rub the meat with brown sugar and sea salt? What temp and how many hours please?

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  3. Michael DeSaNovember 2, 2010 at 2:19 PM

    Did you get this from Cook's Illustrated?? We've made this twice now! I'm doing a blog about it...

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  4. UnknownNovember 2, 2010 at 5:02 PM

    It is from Cooks Illustrated! Good call Katie. Mommy Mye...if you want the recipe, send me an email at jennifer.ryu@gmail.com and I'll get it for you.

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  5. JessicaNovember 3, 2010 at 10:05 PM

    Keep on dreaming...I'll stick to the rice and carrots :-)

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