Thursday, July 04, 2013

Happy 4th of July, 2013! [Updated with Photos]

Wow. It is another 4th of July holiday. Of course, I have off work today, and even though tomorrow is a work day, I'm taking it off.

Plans? Well not much. Our activities will revolve around food and the pool, of course. It is supposed to be in the high 80s but with the humidity percentage equal to the temperature, it will be a muggy day with a heat index well into the 90s. The pool is open and the robot is cleaning to prepare for an afternoon in the water.

We call this the Chic Sheik Shack. A great place to hang out if not in the water!

I'm going to try a ceviche for lunch. I love ceviche, but have never tried to make one myself. I'll let you know how it goes.

It went well!

And, around noon I will start the process of smoking then roasting a pork shoulder for pulled-pork sandwiches. I made a spicy rub yesterday and the pork has been sitting in the refrigerator, tightly wrapped in plastic wrap, sucking up the flavors of the rub. I've got hickory chips soaking in water. Soon, I will fire up the Weber charcoal grill and when ready smoke the pork for about 3 hours. Then it gets wrapped in foil and goes in the oven for another 2 hours. Then into a double thick paper bag for one hour. Even after resting for an hour, it will be very hot, but by then we will be so hungry I'll tackle it with a couple of forks to "pull" the meat off the bone. We'll serve it on hamburger buns with a ketchup-based barbeque sauce and cole slaw. Yum. I can hardly wait.

Pork shoulder smoking.

Pulled pork.

The completed dish.

Ice cream for dessert.

Tags:  at-home,  food,  activities,  pool
Posted under: New Jersey • Stuff You Gotta Know! • Food and Cooking • by Rick on 07/04/2013 at 07:09 AM
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Comments:

  1. These are beautiful photos of what must be great food. I’m gonna try to find some recipes for these dishes.
    Great blog!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  07/16/2013  at  01:56 AM

  2. These pictures are really bad. Sorry to say.

    Posted by Joe  on  09/03/2013  at  11:40 AM

  3. Don’t forget the best bbq sauce ever smile

    Posted by BBQ Sauce  on  10/03/2013  at  12:43 PM

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