I had a night off this past Friday.
It was a rare night with nothing at all to do.
And that's exactly what I did.
Nothing.
(It was awesome!)
After that, though, it got redneck-y.
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| Cowboys |
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| Team Roping (poor cow) |
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| Cowboys don't wear flipflops |
On Sunday, I had to work again. But, as usual, I can't complain.
The Great Race is a cross-country competition based on "precision driving and navigational skills" in classic cars (1969 and earlier). It's a test of endurance rather than speed, and each minute over or under the expected arrival time at a checkpoint results in a penalty.
The grand prize is $50,000 so every minute counts!
And it's really cool!!!
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| I love this car! |
Some of the cars are really old...
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| 1932 Ford Speedster |
Can you imagine driving cross country in that???
Unfortunately, Bellevue was not a checkpoint, so the cars simply drove through, in one-minute intervals at 20 miles-per-hour.
(Very precise!)
So people would have more to do than just wait around for cars to drive down the street, I organized a car show of our own, including...
Politically correct she is not, but she can cook. This was delicious and is being added to the rotation.
Pulled Pork Sandwiches
Ingredients
1 1/2 Tbsp salt
1 1/2 Tbsp freshly ground black pepper
2 Tbsp brown sugar
2 Tbsp paprika
1/2 Tbsp cayenne pepper
4 pound shoulder pork roast (aka Boston Butt roast)
2 cups apple juice
1 cup apple cider vinegar
2 Tbsp Worcestershire
1/2 Tbsp liquid smoke
1/2 Tbsp garlic powder
8 hamburger buns or large rolls
1 1/4 cups bbq sauce
Coleslaw, for serving (optional)
Directions
In a small mixing bowl whisk together salt, pepper, brown sugar, paprika, and cayenne pepper
Place roast in a 13 x 9 pan and rub entire roast with dry rub mixture, pressing mixture into the roast
Cover roast with plastic wrap and allow to rest in the refrigerator at least 2 hours
In a medium mixing bowl combine apple juice, apple cider vinegar, Worcestershire, liquid smoke and garlic powder
Place roast in a slow cooker, pour several tablespoons of the apple juice mixture over the top of the roast, then pour remaining mixture on the side of the roast (so all the dry rub isn't washed off the top)
Cover slow cooker with lid and cook on low heat 8 - 10 hours
Shred pork and cook 30 more minutes
Ladle out majority of the broth
Pour in barbecue sauce and stir
Serve warm, over rolls with optional coleslaw
For dessert I made apple dumplings, using a recipe from one of the ladies in town.
Apple Dumplings
Ingredients
2 cans crescent rolls (8 rolls per can)
2 large Granny Smith apples
2 sticks butter
12 ounces Mt. Dew
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cinnamon (to taste)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350
Grease a 9x13 baking pan
Peel, core and cut each apple into 8 equal pieces
Open rolls and separate
Wrap a piece of dough around each apple slice, starting with the wide end
Place face down in the baking pan
Melt butter in a medium saucepan
Add sugar and stir until well mixed
Remove from heat and add vanilla
Pour the butter mixture of the rolls
Pour Mt. Dew around the edges of the pan
Sprinkle rolls with cinnamon
Bake at 350 for 40 minutes.
DELICIOUS!
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