/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Which foods have the most hilarious names?

I would say cumquats and pork butt.

Pork shoulder roast (aka pork butt, boston butt)

Bbq Pulled pork, carnitas, tamales, pozole, tacos al pastor all come from this cut. You can even came cracklings from the fat if there is a large fat cap on the meat. Also, the meat can be ground and made into sausages.

Hey /ck/, Pork Shoulders are going absurdly cheap over here, and i've never cooked it before. I have access to a stove, oven, slow cooker and BBQ.

What are some good recepies to use with it?

I bought a pork butt because it seemed really cheap. $1.19/lb

But I am just learning to cook and have never even handled pork. This huge piece of meat is pretty intimidating. What do I do?

Here's how I've been getting three distinct meals a day out of a pork shoulder. They usually cost between eight to ten dollars when on sale. They are in Cryovac bags so they 1.) resist freezer burn 2.) are easy to thaw in the fridge 3.) can last up to a week or longer after thawing. Make note of the day it expires and subtract today's date (e.g. April 30 - April 17 = 13 days). Write the number on the label with a Sharpie. It will probably take 3 days to thaw in the refrigerator, so that leaves you 10 days (in theory) to begin processing it by our example.

Trim off all the fat, chop it up, and put it in a plastic container with a lid. On the side of the pork shoulder opposite the blade, slice off two to three inch steaks until you reach the bone. Cut these in half and into thirds. They will be approximately the size of a large lemon (2^3 or so). Set aside. Slice off enough meat from the bone so that you have three times the amount of fat you trimmed earlier. Now throw the bone (plenty of meat will still be attached) on a smoker and let it cook for 10-12 hours. Braise the pork cubes in purified water or chicken stock until fall-apart tender. Cool and put in the fridge overnight. Now take your container of pork fat and meat, and toss it with herbs and spices to make breakfast sausage. Process it with a grinder, and package it in freezer paper in 16 oz. portions. Take your pulled pork, and make tamales (Here's a beginners guide: http://www.tamaletrail.com/recipe_howto.shtml)) Now take the smoked pork blade off the smoker and put it into a pot of beans.

Breakfast sausage for breakfast (make sausage gravy and biscuits, or serve with home fries and eggs). Hot tamales for lunch. Beans and cornbread for dinner.

It's labor intensive, and you need some equipment, but if you get off on this sort of thing, it is worth trying.

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I have 5 pounds of pork butt to work with to feed the family tomorrow. What can I make with this?

Also my family hates everything that I love so nothing Mexican. Also no stew.