Pork … Day 2.

So, fast forward roughly 12 hours. The pork shoulder was rubbed down and lived in the Crockpot overnight.

Notice that there is much more liquid than was added in the first place. You can actually see from the line in the Crockpot how much higher the level of liquid was. So… “Liquid” … You only added a little over 1/2 a cup… where did the rest come from? Well, you’ll remember all of that glorious fat. It all cooked out of the meat, and then rose to the line you see on the walls of the Crockpot. Then, some steamed out, while the rest cooked back into the glorious meat.

So, remove the pork from the Crockpot. It’ll come out a piece at a time. After you get all of the swine out, dump the remaining liquid and clean out the Crockpot. It’ll be immediately going back into use. The above picture is the way I deal with the meat when it comes out of the pot. All of the meat goes into one bowl, another bowl is for the “waste” , the plate is for the actual shredding of the meat, and the shredded meat goes back into the Crockpot.

Above is the “waste”. It’ll amount to a little bit of fat, and the shoulder bone.

Take a look at that bone. That’s how it comes out of the Crockpot; with nothing on it. The meat just melts right off.

Virginia is demonstrating one of the methods to “pull” the pork. Using two forks, just pull the chunks of pork and shred it up.

I tend to just grab the meat and pull it apart with my hands… Another way of course is to just grab a big ‘ol knife and chop it… any of these accomplish the same task.

So, here’s the yield of the piece of pork. There really is hardly any waste, in fact, the picture with the bone above is all of the waste from this entire piece of meat. Once you have everything in the Crockpot again, you add your sauce and let it go on low for about another hour to cook the sauce into the meat.

This time, we made our own sauce … using some Apple Cider vinegar, some Texas Pete, and some spicy Teriyaki sauce. It’s… awesome.

So, right now, it’s back in the Crockpot for at least another hour on LOW. After that (and after stirring several times during the time in the Crockpot) it’ll go to “Warm” for a few hours… Then it’ll be bagged up and put in the fridge for later consumption. Well… some will make it to the fridge… after lunch.