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Jack Munged typed:
> "Monroe, of course..." wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> I did me up a pork butt this weekend - 9 pounder - nice and marbled. It
>> was my contribution to a potluck kind of get together. The friends
>> involved have previously complained about the Eastern NC style pulled
>> pork they'd had - "not smoky"- "sauce is yucky too hot too
>> sour"-"tastes like roast pork from the oven" etc etc...
>> I got to thinking - why not do it all 'wrong' - as contrary to the
>> traditional pig pickin style as I could get - and see how it turned
>> out.
>> Wrong step #1 was to concoct a rub of 2 parts brown sugar one part salt
>> and about 1tsp each of onion powder and hot paprika.
>> Wrong step #2 was putting it in the K fat side down.
>> Wrong step #3 - no deflector no drip pan. Direct.
>> Wrong step #4 - mesquite chunks.
>> held her at 225-250F all night until the magic 200F internal. While it
>> rested I whipped up
>> Wrong step #5 - a recipe I'd found for "Basic Western North Carolina
>> Barbecue Sauce" consising of:1stick butter,1 large onion-chopped,6
>> cloves garlic-minced,1 cup white wine vinegar,1 teaspoon cinnamon,2
>> whole cloves,1 tablespoon dry mustard,1 teaspoon chili powder,1/2 cup
>> brown sugar,2/3 cup ketchup,1 cup water,salt and pepper all simmered
>> together.
>> I doused the forked butt with a dab of the sauce and just to be as far
>> from the bemoaned and denigrated Eastern NC Barbecue pack it into
>> Wrong step #6 - Whole Wheat Buns!
>> Results?
>> The mesquite's natural bitterness mixed with the carmelized sugar in
>> the rub to creat a nice thick crunchy bark with lotsa smoke flavor
>> which permeated the meat wonderfully-and the spices in the sauce played
>> off of the sweetness.The stuff went down pieholes at supersonic
>> speeds-seconds-thirds-empty bowl. "You will be making this again,
>> right?" The guinea pigs had spoken and pronouced it good. One friend
>> (not long from living in Murphy, NC) said "it's better than any
>> barbecue [he'd] ever had from back home."
>>
>> monroe(6 wrongs made it right)
>>

> Hot damn, Monroe, now I have another whole bizarre experiment to follow.
> Lead me to the path of righteousness...
> Props to the Frankenstein of Q.
> Jack


Read my last line in my reply to mister "Knowyerchicken"
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BOB