2.20.2007

PORK AND BEANS

After bumming around Brooklyn yesterday, we took the train back up to Whole Foods in Union Square to see if anything on the shelves looked like dinner. I also thought that on a Monday off it might be a little less crowded. No such luck. It was packed. But we did find a nice pork roast and some rice and beans!

Once we got home, I rubbed the pork with a variety of spices, sugar and salt. It gave it a nice red hue (mostly from the smoked paprika) and got it slow roasting in the oven with some beer and onions. Then we went on about our day.

About three hours later, Meena got started on a store bought brown rice pilaf and I threw some black beans on a skillet. The end mix featured:
- soppresatta
- black beans
- salt
- chili paste
- balsamic vinegar

The pork finally came out of the oven looking lovely. I broke it up (it was super tender) and tried to pull out some of the bigger hunks of fat. We just took a pile of the meat and threw it on top of the rice and beans and we were set for a lovely pre-Bauer Hour feast.

In case you're curious, the beer was Tacate and spice rub included:
- smoked paprika
- sugar
- salt
- cayenne pepper
- cumin
- cinnamon
- black pepper
- mustard powder
- garlic powder
- dried oregano

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