Carolina BBQ

It seemed only right that the first post in my official food blog should be about Carolina Barbequed Pork. I found the recipe in the Owner's Guide for my new Crock Pot. I was really really excited to see it, and made it the first chance I got. I made it on Sunday night, left it in the fridge until Tuesday night when I had a few people over for dinner. I thought it was a success, even after being reheated in the oven, and others at least pretended to like it, too.

Carolina Barbequed Pork

2 onions, quartered (I only used one onion)
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon paprika
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 (4 to 6 pound) boneless pork butt or shoulder roast (I used a shoulder roast)
3/4 cup cider vinegar
4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1-1/2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
1-1/2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
Hamburger buns
Coleslaw, optional (I was too lazy to make/buy coleslaw)

Place onions in stoneware. Combine brown sugar, paprika, salt and pepper; rub over roast. Place roast over onion.

Combine vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, red pepper flakes, sugar, mustard, garlic salt and cayenne; stir to mix well. Drizzle about one third vinegar mixture over roast; cover and refrigerate remaining vinegar mixture.

Cover stoneware and cook on Low 10 to 12 hours (High 4 to 6 hours). Drizzle about one third reserved vinegar mixture over roast during last half hour of cooking. Remove meat and onions, drain. Chop or shred meat and chop onions. Serve meat and onions on buns. If desired, top sandwiches with coleslaw. Pass remaining vinegar mixture to drizzle over sandwiches.

I followed the recipe almost exactly since I have never attempted something like this before. I didn't end up using the onions for the sandwiches because mine looked kind of gross when I took them out of the crock pot. Also, since I was reheating mine in the oven, I put the last of the vinegar mixture on it before it went in the oven to keep it from drying out. Then I just made a little more for people to spoon over their sandwiches.

I also found a recipe for oven-baked hushpuppies, and I made them, but they were dry and bland and not worth writing about.