Last Friday, I won tickets to the Pride of New York Harvest Fest from Ithaca’s Food Web. We’ve had so much to do around the house and I’ve had so much work lately that I was unsure about going to Syracuse for a day. Dan convinced me that we needed a date and a day away from our house projects (more on that soon), so we had our tickets put in Will Call and planned to head up to Syracuse on Saturday.
After getting a bit side-tracked doing some things around Ithaca, we made it to Syracuse by noon. On the drive, I worked on my new knitting project (my first in years) and we listened to the Ben Folds episode of the Nerdist podcast.
Side note: The interview with Ben Folds is entertaining and fascinating. I highly recommend it.
Once on the State Fair grounds, where the Harvest Fest was being held, we spent a few hours traveling from booth to booth, sipping wine and beer, nibbling on cheeses and tasting various sauces. Though we had fun, I have to say it wasn’t quite as awesome as the Madison Food & Wine show (very old post alert!).
However, we did come home with a bottle of an excellent sauce: Tom’s Bootleg BBQ Sauce. Tom, the friendly creator of the sauce, totally sold us on this sauce with a sample of it served over shredded chicken. I’m not usually a huge fan of BBQ sauce, but I love this one. Pulled pork for dinner just a few days later was a given.
Ingredients
- 7 pounds pork shoulder
- 2 medium yellow onions, chopped
- 2 cups BBQ sauce, plus more for serving
Instructions
- Trim the pork of all visible fat. Place the onions on the bottom of the crockpot and put the pork shoulder on top. Cover with the BBQ sauce, cover and cook on High for 6-8 hours. In the last half hour, reduce the heat to low so that the meat will be cool enough to handle.
- Transfer the meat to a large heat-safe bowl and shred the pork using two forks. Remove any gristle and the bones, then return the meat to the crockpot. Serve with additional BBQ sauce on a sandwich or over rice.
Make Ahead and Storage
The pork can be frozen in freezer bags with the air squeezed out for up to 6 months.
http://www.savvyeat.com/slow-cooker-pulled-pork/Copyrighted by Julie Grice and Savvy Eats
Ingredients
- 7 pounds pork shoulder
- 2 medium yellow onions, chopped
- 2 cups BBQ sauce, plus more for serving
Instructions
- Trim the pork of all visible fat. Place the onions on the bottom of the crockpot and put the pork shoulder on top. Cover with the BBQ sauce, cover and cook on High for 6-8 hours. In the last half hour, reduce the heat to low so that the meat will be cool enough to handle.
- Transfer the meat to a large heat-safe bowl and shred the pork using two forks. Remove any gristle and the bones, then return the meat to the crockpot. Serve with additional BBQ sauce on a sandwich or over rice.
Make Ahead and Storage
The pork can be frozen in freezer bags with the air squeezed out for up to 6 months.
pulled pork is one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE FOODS.
If we go out to eat, and a pulled pork sandwich is on the menu, it should be considered a miracle if I don’t order it.
A MIRACLE, I tell you!
My favorite pulled pork recipe is from Katie Lee’s [formerly Katie Lee Joel, in which it was published under] The Comfort Table cookbook. SO GOOD. I made it back in Texas for many a party. DELICIOUS. [I have the recipe and I will share if you'd like...actually...if i remember correctly......goes to google...oh, look. I found it on the internets: http://www.katieleehome.com/slow-cooker-pulled-pork-barbecue/ ]
other things I love:
NERDIST [duh. you know this.]
Ben Folds [duh. you know this, too. but you know who else loves Ben? Nicholas. match made, no?]
Thursdays. [that's today!!!]
and your blog’s font question mark. seriously. how cute is that —> ?????
Oh this sounds like it would be so tender and delicious! Really glad that I found your blog!!
Looks Delicious!
I am SOOO jonesing for some good pulled pork! I know I’ll get some soon but I’m saving the home made version for just after the holidays when the last thing I want to do is be in my kitchen! HA!
Fabulous! I wish i could have some tonight.
Yay! You made my day!! 1. LOVE my crock pot…2. I have been looking for a super simple recipe for pulled pork…3. I LOVE pulled pork!!
I haven’t made pulled pork (or any pork) in forever. I really should track some down and get cooking.
Also, that Ben Folds interview is probably my favorite Nerdist podcast ever.
I made it back in Texas for many a party. DELICIOUS. [I have the recipe and I will share if you’d like…actually…if i remember correctly… |