Spring BBQ trials

Spring was in the air, at least temporarily

I found a great butcher and got tons of meat for my BBQ trials - rack of spare ribs, a small portion of bone-in pork shoulder and a whole chicken, butterflied - all for under $30!  I'm never going to buy meat at Whole Foods again...

I only have pictures of the ribs but made a whole bunch of stuff all weekend, the kitchen was a mess:

- avocado tomatillo "salsa" which was super tasty and beautifully green and smooth

- salsa, the regular kind

- pickled red onions, so simple and so good, with a tart, tangy, crunchy bite

- slow roasted pork shoulder, dry rubbed and cooked at 250 degrees for something like 7 hours, pulled apart and doused with homemade bbq sauce - still need to work on the sauce