Tonight, I made BBQ pulled pork for dinner. As today was my day off, I opted for a lazy way of cooking. One of my favorite things to do is just throw some ingredients in a crock pot and let it cook on low all day. I'm always excited to come home and just see what heat and time have created for me. It's like a surprise, but it shouldn't really be that surprising I guess. To date, I have yet to be disappointed.
It began with a pork roast and a bottle of Stubb's BBQ sauce. I set the crock pot on low, and then I ran a host of errands and spent egregious amounts of money on things I didn't really need. I know that a lot of foodies tend to think that the best foods come from fresh ingredients, and they would be right. However, I do think that there's a great deal to be said for something as simple as bottled condiments like BBQ sauce. It might be because I'm not really much of a foodie. Sometimes, I just want processed, packaged crap food. I don't think there's any harm in embracing that.
Perhaps I'd be more judgmental of the BBQ sauce if it wasn't for the fact that I've been to the source. Stubb's is a great place in Austin, Texas. They're a great music venue, and they have a really wonderful presence in the community. (Austin is a pretty amazing city, and I'm jealous every single day that my twin brother gets to live there.) They've got amazing food, and I love the fact that the modern age provides me with the ability to go to a local supermarket and pick up a little piece of Austin. There's definitely something to be said for that.
At any rate, dinner was fairly simple. The roast was tender enough to be fork-shredded by the time my friends and I came back from shopping. We had green beans and salads with it. Since there's plenty left over, we'll be having it again this week, which will be perfect for our busy lives and occasionally conflicting schedules.
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