I actually had some free time today after work, so I decided to hit Costco and the Nugget Market (local grocery store) for some goodies. I actually won’t be in Davis this weekend. Yes, I have a life! I’ll be heading to Lake Tahoe with the family and we’re going to ride jet skis and stuff. I don’t know. Haha. Anyways, I’ve been wanting to make pulled pork for quite some time now. For the pulled pork, I’ll be using my Lodge Cast Iron Dutch Oven to make it. I also wanted to make some sort of salad to balance out the pulled pork, so I decided to make a panzanella, which is an Italian salad that consists of toasted bread, veggies, and a vinaigrette. I’m not much of a salad person, but panzanella is delicious.
Fortunately, the north Davis Nugget Market had pork shoulder on sale! I got ~5lbs of pork shoulder for $7.45 ($1.49/lb). Since I’ve never cooked with pork shoulder, I’ll need to look up information about how to trim the fat off, and etc, but I’m excited to make pulled pork. I also bought some onions, chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, tomato paste, and etc. When I saw the pork shoulder, I was excited because it was the right kind (Boston butt, not country style or whatever). The cute girl at the check stand asked me what I was doing with the pork shoulder, and I said pulled pork. She was expecting me to say that because the pork shoulder I bought is perfect for pulled pork. Haha.
At Costco, I bought the 4lb bag of mini sweet bell peppers-orange, yellow, and red- ($3.99), and whole grain loaf bread (2 loaves, $4.49) for the panzanella. I also bought the Tillamook Sliced Medium Cheddar Cheese (2 lbs, $5.04 after $1.75 coupon discount) to put in my pulled pork sandwiches. Oh damn, I forgot the hamburger buns. I’ll get them later since I’m not making the pulled pork tonight.
Yeah, my plan was to make the pulled pork tonight, but since I’ll be leaving tonight for Lake Tahoe and it takes roughly 5-6 hours to make the pulled pork, I’ll be making it Sunday night or Monday. That goes for the panzanella too. For now, look forward to seeing my future posts about pulled pork and panzanella! Oh, and have a good weekend folks!