Prelude rather than last thing.
I’m firing up the smoker tomorrow for a hunk of pork shoulder. It’s rubbed and in the fridge now, planning on smoking it late tomorrow for Monday. I’m going to do a cross between bbq and carnitas in tortillas. Tomorrow just going to do some chicken thighs and make sides for the next few days: baked black beans, green and purple cabbage slaw, and mac & cheese. Also the August holy trinity: my tomatoes and fresh sweet corn and watermelon from the farmer’s market today. My carnitas tacos monday ( and for days after) will be the pork, black beans, tomatoes, cilantro and a salsa verde with my home grown tomatillas and serrano chilies.
Note: always buy the freshest corn you can find, best is a roadside stand where they pick it in front of you. Then, you cook it all immediately. Once corn is picked, the sugars begin conversion to starch and the corn becomes tough and less sweet. Doesn’t matter if you won’t eat it for days, cook immediately; that kills the enzymes that convert the sugars to tough starch.
My rub du jour:
Chili salt
Sugar
Black pepper
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Hungarian paprika
Cumin
Dry mustard
Coriander
Garam masala
Cajun seasoning
I put some rub in the black beans too along with green onions and fresh garlic.
Whatever you remember from this post, never forget the August holy trinity of tomatoes, sweet corn and watermelon.