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Pork shoulder: The Method

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Few foods are more pleasing than pork shoulder (of pulled pork and carnitas fame. I'm going to say pork shoulder as opposed to one of the two common preparation because I don't want to be limited to the preparations of either of those two[...]

Milk Braised Pork Shoulder

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Back in June I attended an press junket put on by the California Milk Advisory Board. I learned how dairy farms operate, the sustainability of dairy production, and how cheese in made. First, it is true that California cows are happy cows.[...]

Avocado Creamy Lamb Shoulder

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Aiksss sorry dude! I’ve FORGOTTEN again to take the pics from the beginning. Anyway, the sauce is a mixture of Heinz Mayonnaise with crushed avacado and fresh cream with a pinch of salt. Stir fry the mushrooms with garlic butter and pan[...]

Slow Roast Shoulder of Pork

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Slow roast shoulder of lamb is one of our most favourite things to cook and one of the things that gets the most hits on Dinner Diary. We’ve tried a couple of times to create something similar with pork shoulder but never really[...]

Slow Roast Shoulder of Lamb

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Easter equals lamb, just like Christmas always used to equal turkey until everyone realised it was tasteless and quite difficult to cook it evenly without drying the whole thing out. Of course, lamb can dry out too but not if you cook it this[...]

Friday Firsts - Pork Shoulder Steak

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Happy Friday everybody!! (Click the image above for more information on Friday Firsts.) Is anybody else really excited that Thanksgiving is next week? It's not my favorite holiday, but I'm looking forward to it this year because I'm hosting![...]

Roasted lamb shoulder with vegetables

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I saw this recipe in Saveur, I'm not totally sure what month. I'm always looking for good ways to cook cheap cuts of meat, and lamb shoulder is fairly inexpensive and there just don't seem to be a lot of recipes that call for it. This is[...]

Steamed Crisped Aromatic Pork Shoulder

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I think I have reached a perfection of pork. I bought a piece of pork shoulder on the bone to roast last weekend, with cold for lunches in the week. Lovely bit of meat, huge expanse of skin, beautifully scored by the butcher at the Gigner Pig.[...]

Shoulder Bags & Shootings (Book Review)

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As many of you know murder mystery books are my favorite to read. I love to figure out who done it, and along with a great story line that makes me feel like apart of. Shoulder Bags and Shootings is the third book in the Haley Randolph[...]

Pork Shoulder Barbeque at the House

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While most of the culinary conquests that I write about on this blog consist of restaurant reviews and delightful dishes that other people create, every now and then I do a little cooking myself.  I recently spent an afternoon barbequing[...]