Holy chit that was fun! It was great to have everybody there. I didn't get a whole lot of pix but here goes:
Well guess who's been coughing up who-knows-what this morning. :tsk:
I think these beans may have gone over particularly well due to the fact that fatties were dripping into them. I hope nobody's getting blood work done today. :shocked:
I was happy with how this piggy turned out. I foiled it pretty early on.
Like I said, I was happy with the way this pig turned out.
The Brethren corner! :rockon:
It was great seeing everyone yesterday, especially my Brethren Brothers, and especially Marty and John - I know it can be hard to get out with health challenges, be around food you can't really eat, etc. so I really appreciate you guys coming out and hanging out with us. John - you did an awesome job stepping in for Marty on breaking down the pig. I never made it over to the sides table to check out what all everybody brought. :tsk: but I did get a hold of Neil's hot links and whatever else made it over to the cooking area.
Cooking note - this was the first whole pig I injected - used the Chris Lily recipe (with salt cut in half). Did a 4x batch and shot it up 12 hours prior to cooking per PatAttack's advice. It worked out really well - I got a lot of comments that this pig had a little something different and better going on than the other pigs, so there ya go. Also - I'm glad I learned about probe tender here, as I was reading low temps like 175 or so in the shoulders and hams but I knew that farker was ready by how it felt.
So here's where how amazing this place is comes into play - I learned how to cook this thing from info gathered here and I have these awesome friends I met here come over to hang out with me and, as well as bring their killer dishes with them. This just simply would not have happened were it not for this site right here. Scott, Neil, John, Marty, and y'alls friends and spouses - it's always good to see you guys and look forward to more good times in the future with all y'all...like say in a few weeks? :whoo: Hope to be seeing silverfinger, moose, ssv3, Tonybel, and all y'all other SoCal fakers at the Bash October 3 at Moose's!
And Ray - I think the pig was staring at my avatar. :shocked: