A big fat super tuesday burrito
This is day 3 of my big fat head-cold. I’m embedded on the couch with all the crucial necessities at hand…tissues, a quart jar of fuzzy water on ice, remote, 2 telephones, laptop, and the penguin hat. What? You mean you don’t wear a penguin hat when you’re sick? Well you should…it really helps. Actually, this is the first day I’m able to use phones and the laptop…it’s been that bad.
Before this evilness struck I foraged the freezer and brought up a package of fresh ham hocks to defrost. The term “fresh” refers to the fact that they are not salted, brined, smoked, or cured in anyway. Usually when ham hocks are mentioned it’s as a smoked item used to bring flavor to soups, stews, and greens. Ham hock is also a term that could be replaced with ham shank. At any rate it’s the end of the ham nearest the trotter. It’s got a substantial outer layer of fat but beyond that it’s pretty lean and very flavorful.
This morning I popped some advil and realized that I could handle a knife again. So I trimmed the fat off the hocks, seasoned them with salt, browned them in a cast iron skillet, and then popped them into the crock pot for the day. 8 hours later they were a glorious pile of porky perfection. The coincidence of Fat Tuesday and Super Tuesday falling on the same day in a harmony of excessive, boisterous revelry is just too good to miss. But since I’m not feeling festive I decided to keep it simple…ham hocks as carnitas…big burritos for dinner (I’m having difficulty forming whole sentences…sorry).
The result was a simple, delicious burrito of carnitas, rice, beans,and pico de gallo. Cheap, easy, and nose-to-tail eating…Laissez les bons temps rouler!
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I admire your humor while coping with the yucky head cold! Uhh..a penguin hat? Good tasting food & warm beverages are my recommendations!
I would have thought burritos would be the last thing you’d eat on Super Tuesday after this news:
http://tinyurl.com/33hjv2
Oh well, the race is still on.
Love the trotters…never thought of burritos, tho’. Of course, if I think about it, not too far from carnitas.
Hope you feel better soon, I had it for 10 days. Is it possible to see a pic of the “I’m sick penquin hat”? I think I should have a hat, too, for those “less than” days!
JEP and mirinblue, I’ve posted a picture …click on “penguin hat” in the post and you’ll be rewarded with a view of the therapeutic, fleece chapeau. I’ve actually been known to forget I have it on and go out in public with it. Thanks for your well wishes.
Mike, yep…it’s far from over.
The penguin hat is hilarious…thanks for the pix!! It’s amazing what some people will do to try to feel better when the blahs set in:)
Oh I would love one of those!
I was actually thinking of making a breakfast burrito for dinner tonight but I think that would be infinitely better!
Those carnitas burritos look so good! I just recently found out about carnitas and I am planning on trying to make some this weekend.
get well soon!
Thanks! The hat made my day! Where oh! where do I get a penguin hat? I MUST have a goofy hat for sick days! Feeling better yet? I hope so…