What's cooking this weekend?
I stopped at Smart & Final on the way home from work last night and picked up twenty pounds of pork butts to smoke, five pounds of chicken breasts, dozens of tortillas, and a few cases of beer. I stil...
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I got busy and never followed up with photos.
The feast turned out fantastic. We were celebrating my wife's birthday and had a great turnout. It wasn't a surprise party, but our kids surprised her and came to town the day before.
I made the two huge pork butts plus five pounds of chicken (some of our guests don't eat pork) as well as "the queso" that was so trendy a few years back.
The food turned out great and the event was a huge hit. And most importantly, my wife was queen for the day (more like a week) and hasn't stopped thanking us all.
As far as the food goes, I made one small mistake when I was shopping and I accidentally got the boneless butts. Who's to say whether they cook better with or without the bone, but carving the bone out kind of messes up the integrity of the large cut of pork. On the plus side though, I was smart enough to cook all the meat the day before and not sweat whether it would be done in time or not. This turned out to be a good move, because the pork took fourteen hours to finish and we would have been calling Dominos if the guests were standing around watching me watch the smoker. Cooking large cuts like that can't be rushed and there's practically no telling when the meat will be done.
The feast turned out fantastic. We were celebrating my wife's birthday and had a great turnout. It wasn't a surprise party, but our kids surprised her and came to town the day before.
I made the two huge pork butts plus five pounds of chicken (some of our guests don't eat pork) as well as "the queso" that was so trendy a few years back.
The food turned out great and the event was a huge hit. And most importantly, my wife was queen for the day (more like a week) and hasn't stopped thanking us all.
As far as the food goes, I made one small mistake when I was shopping and I accidentally got the boneless butts. Who's to say whether they cook better with or without the bone, but carving the bone out kind of messes up the integrity of the large cut of pork. On the plus side though, I was smart enough to cook all the meat the day before and not sweat whether it would be done in time or not. This turned out to be a good move, because the pork took fourteen hours to finish and we would have been calling Dominos if the guests were standing around watching me watch the smoker. Cooking large cuts like that can't be rushed and there's practically no telling when the meat will be done.
