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What are some non-mainstream foods or drinks from your culture that social media isn't aware of and hasn't ruined? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 4 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Yeah, I will admit I dropped the ball on that recently for my new years party. I bought a big thing of pre-sliced deli provolone to keep it simple because I was keeping things low-effort, and it did the job but I really wanted something sharper with it.

Even with some lackluster cheese though people still raved about it.

It was basically a whole day of cooking on paper, but there was maybe about 15 minutes of actual hands-on cooking and prep time, the rest was just letting the pork do its thing in the crock pot while I did other stuff, like panic-cleaning my house before company arrived.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Nice! You've inspired me to pick up a pork shoulder next chance I get and try that.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Just as a heads-up, unless you're cooking for a lot of people or really like leftovers, you may want to look for a smaller cut than a whole shoulder because it is a lot of meat. After feeding my party guests (it wasn't a huge party, but) and sending most of them home with leftovers, I still had enough left over to have it for lunch every day for the next week.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I'm imagining freezing a lot of it, and pulling some out for sandwiches, tacos, etc for months. I've done a whole rotisserie shoulder for a party a couple of times, but your caution is a good reminder, it needs to fit in my slow cooker...

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    It does freeze well, so that's a good option. Normally I do that, but in this case i actually pulled the shoulder out of my freezer trying to free up some space in there so I kind of didn't want to fill it right back up.

    If you've done a whole shoulder on a rotisserie I feel like you'll appreciate this idea too- I've been to a couple parties and done it once myself where we roasted a whole lamb over a fire. I don't have any pictures handy but look up "lamb al asador" to get an idea of what the setup looked like. If nothing else it's a hell of a centerpiece to have for a party.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    That looks amazing! My rotisserie experience is all on a gas grill. I think a whole lamb exceeds my ambition, AND the size party I can manage, but I'm going to forward a link to a friend in the hopes that HE gets inspired. :^D

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