Some food-related (mostly) things we enjoyed this past week:
We celebrated the long Memorial Day weekend and welcomed the unofficial start of summer with an entire pork shoulder that was injected and rubbed with seasonings and cooked for 16+ hours in the smoker, then pulled apart and served on rolls with a vinegar-style sauce. Â It was amazing — some of Dan’s best work ever.
Thanks to a wild hair and a big sale at REI, we are fully equipped to go camping this weekend (cat not included.) Â No, really, we are going camping. Â And looking forward to it!
Dan has perfected his refrigerator pickles recipe (with cucumbers from our garden no less!) Â Refrigerator pickles are really easy to make — no canning required — in just a few days and taste remarkably better than the store-bought version. Â We’ll post the recipe when we make our next batch.
Crawfish are still in season around here and make a perfect (although messy) afternoon snack with a cold beer on a patio (in the shade with ceiling fans going.)
Our first tomatoes of the season ripening on the window sill.