The Love of the Slow Burn
I think that everyone has something that they love that other people have a hard time understanding. Case in point: my wife and I had a discussion recently as I was getting ready to spend roughly 13 hours babysitting a pork roast on the grill. She didn’t understand the sense of doing it that way. She’s right, too, there are easier ways to roast a pork shoulder.
But, I love the process. I love the science of it, I love the challenge, I love the pay off of having spent hours on something and having it turn out well.
It did, too. It was delicious. Well worth waking up every couple of hours through the night, and then checking it every couple of hours through the day until it was ready. Sometimes you do things, I guess, just because you love the process, not because it’s the most expedient or easiest.
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Well, I have to admit it was the best pork shoulder I’ve ever tasted. But, this guy set the alarm for every 2-3 hours through the night… Where was this when the baby was getting up every 2-3 hours all night???
I had a pork shoulder one time. I left it out of the fridge for 13 hours and it cooked itself. The dog loved it.