Originally Posted by kcat114
I have been thinking of buying a pork shoulder because it's such a great deal and it seems like you can use the leftovers for anything.
It seems like the two popular methods of cooking a pork shoulder are braising or roasting. Braising sounds like the more fool-proof and delicious method to me (it sounds like yummy crummy-weather food).
I'm thinking of braising it with apple cider and root vegetables - sound like a good plan? What's your favorite method of preparing pork shoulders?
i cut slits in the meat and fill the slits with slivers of fresh garlic. don't worry. they cook and get sweet. use as much or as little as your taste dictates. then salt and pepper to taste.
then i lay mucho strips of bacon over the top so that it self bastes. you must watch the bacon. it gets crisp much sooner than the roast gets done. i pull off the bacon at that point and replace it with new. i don't like to have to keep basting. i place cut up potatoes, carrots, parsnips and onions in the roasting pan with the roast. the roasting time depends on the size of the shoulder. follow the weight/time instructions. if there are no instructions, look in any cookbook or google it.
take the cooked bacon and crumble it into bits for a salad for that meal or the next day. the bacon bits are also nice to sprinkle on green beans. if you want to use the bits for another meal, make mac and cheese and mix the the bits in with the cheese. yum. they don't freeze all that well.
they get all dried out.
turn the veggies in the pan from time to time so they don't stick. you get pork roast, salad and veggies in one operation.