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I seeeeee, nice work. i think im getting mixed up with the Philippines version, worked with a girl who got them sent over from her gran, sort of posh pork scratchins but cooked up hot???

Yeah, I've seen Portuguese and South American versions which are just that, a two inch square of pork belly with crispy crackling... They sell them in Las Americas on Popes Road, delicious but different to the Galician version... Ours is more like pulled pork, no skin or fat just lean meat that's been slow cooked in the pig fat as it renders out...
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Great tip thanks a lot but we're heading to Duke Brew & Que now - tres excited - will keep pizza in mind for next time.

Good call, my meat-eating mates really rate the Duke.

oh god, dukes

I need to go again, droooollll

^^^Galician version sound tasty and a little less heart attack food. Keep meaning to try the churros and hot chocolate in Las America.

I'm afraid they're not very good, frozen... :|

Great tip thanks a lot but we're heading to Duke Brew & Que now - tres excited - will keep pizza in mind for next time.

Can i just say - WHAT A FUCKING RIP!! 3.50 for a Cheese slice? Are you bonkers?!

*not you richoking, just in general

So I can confirm. There is no liquid smoke at Whole Foods in Soho. Order online if you need some.

I have some in the cupboard, mrs_com got it online somewhere for my birthday last year. I only really used it it the water bath I had below some ribs I did in the oven for a few hours. potent stuff

So, this seems pretty on-topic...

I'm having mates around for food on sunday and mentioned the idea of pulled pork, and now they#re not letting me forget it.

One recipe mentioned 8 hours of cooking / roasting, others as little as 3. I don't have time to sit in and keep an eye on a bit of pig for 8 hours, but i guess the longer it's left the better. Anyone fancy sharing some good recipes / methods with me? Can you get away with a cheat's pulled pork by doing it in 4 hours or so?

pulled pork, so 2012, this year it's all about the tinned chicken

i know, it's terribly last year. i might dish it up in wearing some stick on 'wiggo' sideburns and bang on about the olympics

but i do still want some tips...

Get a nice big bit of pork shoulder and cover it with a good dry BBQ rub, leave to rest for an hour or two... Preheat oven to full blast, put pork in oven, turn oven down to gas mark 1 and leave it in there overnight... Simples...

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^ Good point, and thanks for digging this up!

For some reason, I'm mega nervous about leaving the oven on unattended. But I guess if it's on that low it should be fine, right!?

Yep! I'd be more "worried" that my dreams would be influenced by the constant delicious smell, and the i would sleep-walk into the kitchen and eat the thing and wake up to find nothing left

^ Good point, and thanks for digging this up!

For some reason, I'm mega nervous about leaving the oven on unattended. But I guess if it's on that low it should be fine, right!?

Put it in a good casserole dish with lid at 100-110c with a lid on and forget about it for 6-8 hours. No need to check/stir and almost no chance of it going on fire because the temperature is so low. Well worth it.

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Put it in a good casserole dish with lid at 100-110c with a lid on and forget about it for 6-8 hours. No need to check/stir and almost no chance of it going on fire because the temperature is so low. Well worth it.

and if the lid fit is a bit loose, put tin-foil over the top of the pot, place the lid, and scrunch the foil up to make a nice seal - nothing worse than overnight anticipation ruined by a chewy, dessicated mess.

Just made this for other half's birthday dinner;
Banana cake with cream cheese and walnut frosting.

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Filling the same as the frosting? Looks mighty tasty and crying out for an accompanying Bourbon.

Just back from my first time at Wahaca. Did not enjoy will not be going there again

The pork has been pulled. Just had a taste of the pan juices, which was probably pretty much purely pork fat, but god it tasted good.

Gonna serve it with red cabbage, red onion and beetroot 'slaw', home made baked beans and pittas. I feel disgustingly hip.

Yep! I'd be more "worried" that my dreams would be influenced by the constant delicious smell, and the i would sleep-walk into the kitchen and eat the thing and wake up to find nothing left

Finally got to go to http://www.pickleandrye.com/

Awesome stuff, really great to meet Alex and Keith who run the place.

I had a beef sandwich, topside of beef, bread had been toasted with cheese, great horseradish mayo, sweet pickled chili, lettuce and tomatoe. Served with a home made pickle. Stunning, mich more satisfying than your average sandwich.

Green Papaya on Mare St, Hackney.

Holy hell was this good! The sweet potato fritter and king prawn starter was amazing. Already planning our next visit, going to have three starters and share a main and rice, the starters were THAT good.

Salt and Chilli Squid at Green Papaya ALL DAY.

I ate this yesterday...