This Just In

I was all set to post my cinnamon ice cream recipe today when life happened.

Last night was horribly hot and muggy.  This translated into me not sleeping.

When I finally did fall asleep, I was awakened at 4:30 a.m. by someone’s car alarm, which was left going for over 5 minutes.

Just as I finally got back to sleep, the stupid thing went off again for another five minutes or better. 

At that point I was awake, so I padded down stairs and hit Face Book for a while, to see if I could tire my eyes out enough to sleep again.

I had a message waiting from my brother Mike, asking me to go to Petoskey today.

Since I was headed to Ken’s Village Market in Indian River anyway (Petoskey isn’t much further) I accepted.

I’m glad I did, because I got to see Mike and Joanna’s new apartment.

It’s very cute, and in a secluded area that’s very close to the college where Mike goes to school and close to shopping too.

Little Man was happy because it meant he could have lunch at Taco Bell.  Little Man quiere Taco Bell.

Ken’s Village Market had a fabulous meat sale going on.

I got four 4 lb. Boston butt roasts for 1.29 a lb. 

That made me a happy camper because that’s what I use to make pulled pork in my slow cooker.

I got pork blade steaks for $1.69 a lb; boneless, skinless chicken breast for $1.99 a lb.; chicken quarters for .59 a lb.; country style pork ribs for $1.59 a lb; boneless Denver steaks for $1.99 a lb; and ground chuck for $2.29 a lb.  I only bought one package of the ground chuck, because as a rule, I like to pay less than $2.00 per pound for meat.  I was completely out though, so I made an emergency exception.

I got 12 packs of Pepsi products 4/$10, bags of Lay’s Potato Chips for $1.88 each and a roll of cinnamon num num bread from the bakery.

All in all I spent $107, and have enough meat for close to three months, except for ground beef.  I’ll be keeping an eye out for a sale on that though.

So how do you make pulled pork, if you make it?

I use McCormick’s Slow Cooker’s BBQ Pulled Pork Seasoning.

I love this stuff.  Fast and easy to use, it’s a semi home made dish that tastes like you slaved over it all day long when your slow cooker really does the work.

The flavor is superb, and the meat is fall apart tender after 8 hours on the low setting.

Because I love this stuff so much, I’d like some of you to try it too.

I have three packets to give away to you guys. (This is just a little warm up giveaway–a prelude, if you will, to the bigger give aways I’ll be having in September and October.)

If you’re interested in trying this seasoning, just leave a comment below.  Three winners will be chosen on Friday, September 3rd and announced by Saturday morning. 

One entry per person please, and no entries after noon, Friday September 3.

Cinnamon ice cream will probably come tomorrow, depending on whether or not it’s sleeping weather tonight.

S.