It's a function of the internal temperature of the meat. Pork is "slicable" up until about 180-185 F internal. Above that it becomes "pullable", i.e. it will begin to shred easily. The oven temp doesn't have much to do with it.
Yeah - what he said ;-)
I should have read further into the thread first.
-sw
Actually I'm glad you followed up, because you included something I should have specified.
The above works for pork *shoulder*. Plus the tougher beef cuts. Chuck, brisket, etc.
Don't try cooking your tenderloin to 190 F internal 🙂
Some people put [censored] like cumin--which isn't even a Mexican spice--in them.
And carnitas aren't an exclusively Mexican food!
Carnitas are not necessarily porked cooked in rendered pork fat.It depends on what part of Latin America you happen to be in at the time or which country's "recipe" is being used in the preparation. In the part of latin American in which I live, Honduras, carnitas are more like Nancy described. They are served with refried beans, quesillo, rice, and a slice of avocado. Pork is not used for carnitas - chicken or beef are the meats of choice. Pork is served strictly as a chuleta or an oven roasted leg.
Yeah, I don't know about that since I've never been to another warehouse club, never mind Sam's. Normally I wouldn't really think of buying a box of cooked meat (sorry, there must be a more graceful way of saying that). The Carnegie pastrami aside, that's different. I mention that because ...
Wait. Are you saying that Costco has pastrami from the Carnegie Deli?
--Blair "So if I eat a pound a day that should spread out the membership cost to just a few percent of the total..."
Yeah, I don't know about that since I've never been to another warehouse club, never mind Sam's. Normally I wouldn't really think of buying a box of cooked meat (sorry, there must be a more graceful way of saying that). The Carnegie pastrami aside, that's different. I mention that because ...
Wait. Are you saying that Costco has pastrami from the Carnegie Deli?
It says Carnegie Deli on the box! Each box contains two packets, each packet makes two nice hot pastrami sandwiches.
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Wait. Are you saying that Costco has pastrami from the Carnegie Deli?
Heh, I'm awake now, you were funnin me.
They do, hard as it may be to believe. Not literally "from" the Carnegie but made according to their recipe - and it is very good. I won't claim it's as good as the genuine article but it is still excellent. We had it for lunch today.
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In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...
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Wait. Are you saying that Costco has pastrami from the Carnegie Deli?
Heh, I'm awake now, you were funnin me.
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They do, hard as it may be to believe. Not literally "from" the Carnegie but made according to their recipe - and it is very good. I won't claim it's as good as the genuine article but it is still excellent. We had it for lunch today.
Close as I can get to a decent deli sandwich around here, that's for sure. I guess whatsisname thinks I said that 5 times too many. Heh.
