Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Rosie And Mr. Hawthorne Make Pulled Pork Barbecue.

As you know, Mr. Hawthorne and I are always on the lookout for bargains at Food Lion.
And we found one in 7 pounds of Boston Butt for $5.61. It's Crock Pot Time!
I also had a small bit of deer rump roast in the freezer which I decided to throw in, being sure to mark it off my inventory.
I thinly sliced the rump roast ...
... and tucked the slices around the butt, sprinkling with Montreal Steak Seasoning and freshly ground salt and pepper.
For my liquid, I poured in 1/2 can of beef broth (which is what I had leftover in the fridge), 3 tablespoons each of soy sauce and Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce, and 1 teaspoon each of Stubbs hickory and mesquite liquid smoke.
This went into the crock pot on high at 11 in the morning.
At 7:00 the meat is falling off the bone.
Mr. Hawthorne tonged the meat off then pulled it.
Here are the fixin's for our sauce: 1 cup cider vinegar 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes 2 tablespoons Lea and Perrins 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon hickory liquid smoke And that's not a jar of Dijon mustard. It's a jar Dijon mustard jar of my homegrown hot peppers. With pulled pork, Mr. Hawthorne likes a vinegar based sauce. He uses a tomato based sauce for baby backs or short ribs.
The sauce was perfect with the pork. Just a hint of heat from the pepper flakes. As for the deer, it wasn't gamy at all. It was similar to liver (which I love), but not strong at all.
Mr. Hawthorne made the coleslaw and potato salad, recipes not included since everyone has one or two or a hundred.

5 comments:

  1. This looks so delish. I love pulled pork. I would put the cole slaw right on top of that sandwich.....

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  2. Rosie, you eat like a bird. The amount of food on that plate would make me sad.

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  3. I followed your instructions and the Butt is in the crock pot as we speak....It smells so fantastic!

    Debbie D.

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  4. Hi mommy! What is "pulling" the pork? Just tearing it into little strips with your fingers???

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  5. Yes, Waney Poo. Just tear into the pork.
    Wuv, Mommie

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