Part 3 of Airman Gabber's Quest to block his arteries with home cooking..
After enjoying a pulled pork sandwich in Las Vegas it was my quest to recreate the delicacy. As you don't seem to be able to buy pulled pork in many places back in Blighty I was going to have to start with raw bits of an animal.

After rubbing the shoulder of dead pig in a selection of spices it's a case of bunging it into the oven for what seems like 300 years but was in actuality only 5 or 6.

What you end up with is a rather succulent and greasy offering like so:



After pulling it apart using a couple of forks like you would do with a crispy duck and mixing it with plenty of high calorie sugary BBQ sauce this is the sort of thing you end up with. Absolutely gorgeous but with the length of cooking it probably cost £10 in electricity on top of the cost of the meat. Might try it in a slow cooker next time.


( Airman Gabber Living life like a 70's BBC presenter, Wed 3 Jul 2013, 14:27, 23 replies)

i thought you'd be used to pulling your pork
fnar
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 3 Jul 2013, 14:39, closed)

I was pulling my pork whilst pulling the pork.
..and I'm pulling it again now at the thought of you knowing this.
( Airman Gabber Living life like a 70's BBC presenter, Wed 3 Jul 2013, 14:45, closed)

0_0

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 3 Jul 2013, 14:51, closed)

Looks good.
Asda sell a so-so version in the 2 for £6 range, but you'd need two for more than two people.
(Shamelesspendant Better dead then smeg., Wed 3 Jul 2013, 14:51, closed)

You have
ugly forks.
(username failed moderation, Wed 3 Jul 2013, 15:20, closed)

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
What sort of forks turn you on?
( Airman Gabber Living life like a 70's BBC presenter, Wed 3 Jul 2013, 15:24, closed)

Realised that the meat looks very pink.
You didn't use gammon in some fit of madness did you?
(Shamelesspendant Better dead then smeg., Wed 3 Jul 2013, 15:30, closed)

Naw. It was a shoudler of pork.
I think it's either the lighting or the camera as it was definitely cooked throughout - otherwise it wouldn't have just fallen apart when teased with a couple of ugly forks.

..and I didn't get the shits or worms or anything.
( Airman Gabber Living life like a 70's BBC presenter, Wed 3 Jul 2013, 15:33, closed)

That is the litmus test for cooked food after all.

(Shamelesspendant Better dead then smeg., Wed 3 Jul 2013, 15:45, closed)

Only complete nancies get food poisoning from rare pork.
Or povvos who buy cheap Danish factory not-pig.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 3 Jul 2013, 16:09, closed)

Hijacking my own thread here after deciding last night to re-recreate my KFC doubledown effort .
See previous discussions about that topic here

I do this because I hate my arteries and don't want to die an old man.

The chicken breasts were a bit too thick but it was a much closer approximation to my previous effort...and I didn't forget the bacon this time.



( Airman Gabber Living life like a 70's BBC presenter, Wed 3 Jul 2013, 15:46, closed)

Does look evil and tasty.
Evasty if you will.
(Shamelesspendant Better dead then smeg., Wed 3 Jul 2013, 16:04, closed)

You generally can't go wrong with slow roasted meat.
Congratulations on not being Adam Richman, though. Unless you are, in which case, fuck off and learn to cook properly.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 3 Jul 2013, 16:38, closed)

Don't use a slow cooker
Best way (I tried the rest); most of a day in 200F / 100C oven, uncovered.
If you have an oil drum make your own oven and use wood.
(the other guy not the one that gave you coochie warts, Wed 3 Jul 2013, 17:44, closed)

Nice bark on your pork there.
Do not use a slow cooker. Your pulled pork will be shit. Why not try smoking it next time? The charcoal must be cheaper, and the pulled pork even better.
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Wed 3 Jul 2013, 18:26, closed)

Why not a slow cooker?
My slow cooker is ace for cooking things, slowly.

I've not tried pulled pork in it, but it should work a treat, no?
( Ghoti Fingers, Wed 3 Jul 2013, 21:02, closed)

It worked fine for me, but it can be a little 'too' moist

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 11:17, closed)

Mmmmm
The Hobgoblin in Gloucester Road in Bristol does a superb burger with pulled pork on top. Better still, though: Baravin on the seafront in Aberystwyth. They do a pizza with "Darnau bola porc Penlan, winwns wedi’u carameleiddio, Perl Las" which translates as "Pulled Penlan belly pork, caramelised onions, Perl Las cheese". About the best thing I've ever eaten.
(ChaRleyTroniC is invincible with his chips and cheese, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 10:58, closed)

Our local has started serving the Burger + Pulled pork thing
It's part of the 2 for 1 chain and they usually have the same menu throughout the country.

It is rather pleasant.
( Airman Gabber Living life like a 70's BBC presenter, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 13:35, closed)