Sunday, June 22, 2008
Pulled Pork
I was back at it around 5AM today, picking up with the usual spate of overnight e-mail and whatnot. Kids slept in a tiny bit, but not much, and soon the house was filled with small loud people again. My major project for today was to reduce a 7-pound pork butt to pulled pork. It went into the smoker around 8AM and I fussed with the heat for hours, finally pulling it out around 3PM and letting it rest for an hour before pulling it. This used up the better part of a bag of charcoal, and some mixed hickory and mesquite chips. The end result was, however, worth the effort.
The kids not being fans of pulled pork got pizza instead. Their loss.
Meanwhile, I wrote a batch of code today, catching up on bug-fixing on several projects.The night ended fairly peaceably, with kids’ bedtime and then a bit of weightlifting before my own.