Thursday, September 23, 2010

Barbecue...


Two weeks ago we had Homecoming Day at our church. It was a great time, we honored three of our members who are over 90 years old and had grown up going to this little church. Our church building was built in the late 1800's and the cemetery on the property has graves from before the civil war, some dated as far back as the early 1800s and late 1700s.

I didn't mean to get off on that rabbit trail but the history of our church and the surrounding area is so interesting to me.

Anyway, we had volunteered to bring smoked pork and Barbecue sauce for our part of the meal, and what a meal it was. Everyone liked the Barbecue and we sent plates home with lots of people.

The Thursday before, we bought a case of pork butts at Sam's and let them sit in the refrigerator overnight with dry rub on them (we put two in a 2 gallon plastic bag and stack them up that way).

Then we got up super early on Friday morning and got them smoking. Notice that it's still dark outside in the picture.

They smoked all day and into the night --18 hours total. After they reach the proper internal temperature, they go in plastic bags to rest and cool. Then the next morning, we pulled the meat and JP chopped it up some to make it easier to serve.

Here are the cooked butts after resting for a while, ready to be pulled apart.

 

(JP here: It's especially delicious piled high on a soft hamburger bun, with some of the barbecue sauce poured over it and a large dollop of cole slaw to finish it off..... yum, yum.)


Also, we didn't want to waste all of those smoky bones, so JP made stock with them. We froze the stock and can use it to make soups when the weather is cold, or to flavor rice dishes, etc.

It's always a lot of work to crank out a case of pulled pork barbecue,  but it's worth it. We still have some in the freezer and gave some to my Mom and Dad.

JP again: We can have barbecue sammiches, barbecue potatoes, barbecue fried rice, barbecue pizza.... I'll quit now because I'm starting to sound like Bubba from the Forrest Gump movie.

8 comments:

♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥ said...

OH, that sounds so tasty - nothing quite like the taste of smoked pork.

Woos ~ Phantom, Thunder, and Ciara

Deborah said...

Again, you are awesome! I can't believe you and Mr. JP made this. It looks yummy! I would LOVE to hear more about your church and the history. I LOVE that stuff too. Can you imagine being over 90 and going to the same church as your were when you were a child! That is super and please give them a big hug from me! I get so involved in my church that I cry when a family leaves...It seems to me that the younger families are going for more modern services and it does make me very upset. OH Well, to get back on your post...I loved it! Lately I have been too emotional...
Have a good day!
xxoo
Deborah

YD, sometimes with ♥June and ♥Angel Samantha said...

Mmmm...you two are making me(and my little son) so hungry!!! :)

sprinkles said...

Oh that looks yummy!

cowgirl said...

Yum!! The pork looks fantastic Mr and Mrs JP!!
Bet it was tasty too!
Love the church.. it's beautiful. :)

Cindy said...

What a sweet looking church! Sort of like "Little House on the Prairie!" Your BBQ looks awesome! Glad you had some leftovers:)

The Life of Riley said...

That smoked pork looks great, and is making me hungry. Have a great birthday on Monday.

Woofs,
Riley

Paula said...

Oh my.... *heavy sigh*... that has to be the best looking BBQ I've ever seen!
Love the picture of the church- that is a lovely little building.