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Default What do I do with another picnic?

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"kilikini" > wrote:

> cybercat wrote:
> > "kilikini" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> This is going to sound silly, but I have my last picnic in the
> >> fridge, defrosting, and I'm trying to think of something original to
> >> do with it.
> >>
> >> We've had pulled pork coming out of our ears for the past two weeks.
> >> Most of it has been smoked and/or BBQ'ed. We have another picnic we
> >> cooked today
> >> in the smoker, we pulled it this evening, and we didn't even touch
> >> it. So now we'll have even more pork on hand.
> >>
> >> I'm not looking for ideas on how to use the meat up, I'm looking for
> >> creative ideas on how to flavor the meat differently - the smoke
> >> flavor is getting a little old day after day after day. (Hubby
> >> *hates* the pork and
> >> sauerkraut thing, by the way, because otherwise that would be ideal.)
> >>
> >> So, I'm open to suggestions. Got any?

> >
> > Can you marinate it like we do the chicken thighs, in soy, ginger,
> > vinegar, and honey and make a spicy stir fry out of it, with noodles
> > and cabbage and such? Or fried rice?
> >
> > How about Pork Pot Pie!! (hmm ... no, wait ... eyuuu.)

>
> A picnic is a really tough cut of meat with two bones in it. It's a low and
> slow kind of meat. I could braise it in an oriental sauce and as it slowly
> cooks, I could start to pull the parts that are done (the outsides) and have
> it soak up the marinade. That's not a bad idea. Thanks.
>
> kili


Not if it's sliced really thin.
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