Speculation, Cooking, Southern living
Did Sam trade his soul--and possibly the memory of said trade--for a pass out of the Cage? If so, to whom did he trade it?
If you're like me and like to use your crock pot slow cooker in the autumn and winter, here's a great, easy barbecue recipe you might want to try.
3 - 4 lb pork shoulder roast
1 18-oz jar/bottle of barbecue sauce
1 12-oz can cola.
Put the roast in the slow cooker. (You can spray with non-stick spray first, but I didn't, and it worked fine). Pour the sauce and cola over the roast. Cook on low 8 - 10 hours. Remove roast and shred with fork. (Remove any fat you can.) Remove any fat from the sauce still in the crock. Return the shredded pork to the crock with the sauce.
It's very yummy. Though next time I think I'm going to use a beef roast for beef BBQ, and I'm going to try to remember to include a glug of Kopper Kettle local whiskey to the mix.
Those who know me know I'm an Ohioan. Buckeye born and bred. Mid-Westerner at heart. But I realized that this year (after three years of living here, which is pretty standard for me), I'm starting to get used to living in Virginia. And though my life is generally uneventful--some might even say boring--and I really miss the theatrical opportunities and my old job and the conveniences and the family and friends I left behind in Springfield, Virginia does have something to offer. For one thing, the spring foliage is AMAZING! Secondly, the autumn colors are pretty darn spectacular, too. And the mountain views are beautiful.
One of the things I've found interesting recently is how much I enjoy the recipes in the Southern Living magazines I've been getting. (The above BBQ recipe is a Southern Living recipe.) I love recipes from home, usually from family or church cookbooks and such, and the majority of recipes in my slow cooker cookbook are from the MidWest. But I never really went for recipes in magazines before. So that's been kind of an interesting change.
And . . . I've kind of totally lost my train of thought, what with the comings and goings in the office today.