PORK!

I realize I'm the odd ball on this one but I do not like pig (bacon, sausage, ham, etc BLEH GROSS! :P (the face with the tongue hanging out is for added emphasis on the yuck)). However, there is one thing I can not get enough of; SHREDDED PORK!! Like the pork barbacoa salad (or burrito) from Cafe Rio. It's soo sooooooo good. Fortunately, for those of us not lucky enough to have one close by, there are tons of recipes on-line that mimic the goodness of the DELICIOUS shredded pork.

So today is the day of the pig. I had a shredded pork sandwich from Willies which is delicious (in case you're in Texas and want something good. In which case you have to (HAVE TO!) get their fried jalapenos as well, they're life changing good), and last night I put some pork roast in the crock pot (it actually said "pork butt" on the package, LOL HILARIOUS!), my fantastic husband got the rest of the ingredients, and so we are having shredded pork salads (Cafe Rio style) TONIGHT!! After all of this I will turn into a little porker myself :D I'M SO EXCITED!!!

In case you don't have a recipe, here's the one I use and it's delicious (I got it from my Aunt Marla who lives in Utah so she's able to compare to the original)!

Pork:
5-6 lb pork roast
1 Tbsp cumin
1 cup brown sugar
12 oz. bottle La Victoria Taco sauce
20 oz. bottle Coke
Cook roast on low for 12 hours in crock pot with water added half way up roast. After 12 hours, drain water off roast and add remaining ingredients and continue cooking for 4 more hours. Then shred the meat and cook for 2 more hours. (you can also cooks it on HIGH for 3-4 hours in water, drain the water out, shred it, add ingredients, and cook on HIGH for another 2-3 hours.)

Rice:
4 tsp chicken bouillon
4 tsp garlic minced
1/2 bunch cilantro
1 tsp cumin
1 can green chili
3/4 tsp salt
1 Tbsp butter
1/2 onion
Blend ingredients in blender then put pan on stove and add 3 cups water and bring to a boil. then add 3 cups minute rice and simmer for 30 min.

Tomatillo Dressing:

1 pkg Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing Mix

1 C buttermilk

1 C Mayo

1-2 Tomatillos

1 clove garlic, minced

1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped

1/2 t lime juice

1/2 to 1 small jalapeno, seeds removed

Blend all together in a blender or food processor.

Missing Hubcaps

... I'm not sure where to start.... perhaps at the beginning.... It started one day when Bryan came in to tell me one of my hubcaps was missing. What?! Where did it go? Did you take it? Well apparently they fall off all the time. At which point I began to notice the hubcaps on the side of the road. "Well awesome," I thought, "this means I just need to find a new hubcap and all will be well." This led to me picking up hubcaps on my runs and bringing them home to try them on (I got some weird looks as I was running with hubcaps, but it was because they didn't have the same great idea I had). I grabbed a Mitubishi one and thought it was a winner, but it was broken... They were all broken --> plan fail! So then the new plan was to get some new hubcaps, not a big deal right? WRONG! I've never cared about what hubcaps look like, ever! But all of sudden I'm left with the decision of shiny vs. flat, thick or thin spoke thingies, bling vs normal. Ugh I hate making dumb decisions - I save all of my energy for big decisions; anyway I couldn't handle it so I didn't get any hubcaps. I had forgotten about the dilemma until yesterday, when I came back from lunch, TWO of my hubcaps were missing!!! (They were replaced by paper taped on that said "hubcaps" thanks Don). So now I'm left with a car that is screaming ghettolicious and I'm starting to think that those hubcaps didn't just fall off. x-(

Pillow Stealers

It's not fair. It's simply not fair to be the victim of such an atrocious crime! As I was dreaming about Salvatore Something or Other (a 1920s obstacle illusionist used for war propaganda; ever heard of him? me neither he's probably fake but that's not the point) I was ripped into reality by the fact that my pillow was snatched from under my head! To which I responded "why did you take my pillow?!" Came the response "it's my pillow" (Oh really? I'm sleeping against the wall haven't moved all night and suddenly I'm sleeping on your pillow? Seriously why didn't you bring this to my attention before I was sleeping? This could have been easily remedied.) "no it's not..." at which point I'm thrown the rejected pillow that has fallen on the floor. Truth be known I hate that pillow, I HATE it!. It's flat, life-less I might as well be pillow-less. In fact, when ever I make the bed, I make every effort to avoid putting that pillow on my side. If its on my side it must be switched! IT MUST! So as I'm lying on this dumb pillow, wide awake and traumatized I might add because having lived through said crime, I decided to start a blog. Why? Why Not?! Because this kind of crap happens all the time and the Corporate Office of Life has to know!