What is a pork shake? It is, apparently, a pork broth reduced slightly with a few chunks of shredded pork thrown in for good measure. Let me explain. Before you can fry pig ears, you have to slice them into strips then boil them in chicken stock or water. As a result, you're left with (slightly) tender pig ears and a crazy-flavorful pork stock.
In the kitchen where I work, one of the things we were using this pork stock for was to re-heat shredded pork for one of the appetizers. To do this, we kept a small saucepan on the corner of the grill all night. This way, the stock would stay hot enough to warm up the meat, yet cool enough that it wouldn't boil. By the end of the night, it had all manner of leftover swine product in it and had been reducing, ever so slightly, all night.
Enter that Hungry Kid.
A deal was offered: that Hungry Kid could have a biscuit and all the leftover pork he wanted...but he had to drink the rest of the pork stock to get it. He had to drink the pork shake. Of course, he agreed. A pint glass was procured and chilled. Then, for nothing more than a biscuit and some meat, I watched as a young man drank a pint of pork. As a bonus, if he chugged the entire pint in less than eight seconds, he would also receive a Miller High Life. I imagine it was the best beer of his life.
In the kitchen where I work, one of the things we were using this pork stock for was to re-heat shredded pork for one of the appetizers. To do this, we kept a small saucepan on the corner of the grill all night. This way, the stock would stay hot enough to warm up the meat, yet cool enough that it wouldn't boil. By the end of the night, it had all manner of leftover swine product in it and had been reducing, ever so slightly, all night.
Enter that Hungry Kid.
A deal was offered: that Hungry Kid could have a biscuit and all the leftover pork he wanted...but he had to drink the rest of the pork stock to get it. He had to drink the pork shake. Of course, he agreed. A pint glass was procured and chilled. Then, for nothing more than a biscuit and some meat, I watched as a young man drank a pint of pork. As a bonus, if he chugged the entire pint in less than eight seconds, he would also receive a Miller High Life. I imagine it was the best beer of his life.
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