No, of course I didn't choose the easy route. I chose, instead, BOTH other options!
This afternoon I put a pork shoulder in the Crockpot with some onions and a cup of ginger ale. It was to cook for 8 hours. Sounds easy enough except that it wasn't, easy enough.
First of all, the lid didn't fit quite right because of the onions, but I didn't realize it until 2 hours in. So, basically those 2 hours were for nothing. I fixed that issue and relaxed, letting the slow cooker work it's magic.
Then, at 8:30, the power went off. For 2 hours. Damn it.
Luke put the meat in the fridge so I wouldn't be serving a side order of food poisoning with the pulled pork Tomorrow morning, I'll finish cooking it.
Cox Brothers is sounding pretty good right about now.
Then, I prepared a brine for the other pork shoulder I bought. The second recipe calls for the meat to be brined, then cooked low and slow all day tomorrow.
We'll see how it all turns out.
Stay tuned.
