Thursday's Summertime Blues

Thursday dawned cold, windy and snowing (I just had a moment of déjà vu, it feels like I’ve written that before!)

I had some errands to run in Westland, so I stopped and had my usual lunch at Ten Yen.

I talked to Jake after work We both had work war stories to share.

Then I made dinner. Now, I have to give you a little background first. A while back, Michelle had said she made some pulled pork sandwiches for dinner. I asked her how she made the pulled pork, as I have been collecting slow cooker recipes for turning a pork butt into pulled pork (I think I’m going through mid-winter barbeque withdrawal).

She laughed and said she bought a big tub of Jack Daniel’s brand at Sam’s Club. I saw that at Costco! It was when I was looking for the spanakopita, so I didn’t really pay it any mind.

Well, it wasn’t worth a trip to Costco to try it, so I had looked for a smaller version at Kroger’s. I didn’t find that exact brand, but I did find several no-name varieties of pulled pork. So, I settled on Curly’s: advertised as Barbecue Sauce with Hickory Smoked Pulled Pork (“always pulled, never shredded”). I also grabbed some onion rolls, but decided to wait on coleslaw until I was close to making it.

So, I heated up the pulled pork in the microwave per the instructions. I got out that sweet and spicy coleslaw (all that meant was the dressing was vinegar-based, which I prefer anyway, rather than mayonnaise-based).

I assembled two sandwiches with a generous helping of pulled pork, topped with coleslaw and ate my makeshift barbeque dinner.

It wasn’t bad, it was okay, but I’ve tasted much better. It did give me a quick summertime fix, I suppose. Maybe I should have went with a name brand or made my own.

I went to bed early with a very upset tummy.