Outside the dugout: What's cooking?

What do people now spread out on the table now that hardly anyone gets a printed newspaper?

 

It was COLD at 6 AM. And windy.

The pork shoulder is 7.5 hours into the smoke and the Carolina slaw has been in the fridge since 10 AM. Changing air temps and wind has made keeping the KJ temperature at 250 F a challenge, but not too bad and I could leave it unattended for an hour without too much drift. I was able to walk my dog 3.5 miles and then walked my MIL's dog 3 miles after putting the slaw in the fridge.

 

I had to finish the pork shoulder in the oven at 350 F wrapped in foil. The smoke took a lot longer than anticipated and the fire was running out of lump. That and everyone was hungry and wanted to eat ASAP.

It was worth the wait.

I have gotten into the habit of not making a sandwich and instead lay down a bed of Carolina slaw and pile the pulled pork on top with just a little BBQ sauce. I used Stubbs spicy sauce yesterday. I save my cache of Pat's for grilling chicken legs.

 

We did hand their taint to them this weekend.

 

Roasted pork tenderloin roasted on a bed of cabbage, carrot, and onion with beer, molasses, and beef broth for liquid to cook the veggies. And lots of caraway seeds and garlic.

 

This what I am not cooking.

I wanted to shed some excess weight so about a month ago I stopped eating anything bread-like, potatoes, or noodles/pasta. I also ramped up my activity. I think that I am losing weight too quickly, but I don't feel hungry. I do miss some of the potato dishes and pasta dishes I make. And it was really hard watching the rest of my family eating pizza.

 

Making a tomatillo based posole with chicken today. Lots of steps, but nowhere near as time consuming as posole rojo. That takes most of the day to make. I make my own chili sauce for that.

 

We are having leftovers!

 

I would like to add Russian River and Oregon pinot noir to the list.

And some of the GSM's from around Paso Robles are fantastic.

 

And often the leftovers taste better the next day.