Eyes to See, Ears to Hear

Literal meaning… hot seat
Slang meaning… pork

I’m using the latter for this post as we recently had our first experience with buying and prepping it this past week.  A friend of mine and I went to an area of Mbeya called Manjelwa to visit a recommended butcher.  We got there right after the freshly-slaughtered pig arrived via a barrel strapped to the back of a small motorcycle.  I got to pick out which piece I wanted so I took some of the shoulder.  Get the fat trimmed off for you?  Nope, because they don’t understand why wazungu (foreigners; especially of the lighter skin type) don’t want the fat.  Tanzanians eat it all.  Three kilos (6.6 lbs.) and 7,500/- shillings (~$6 USD) later, we were on our way home.

I trimmed it up, tossed it in the crockpot with some water, salt and pepper and cranked that sucker up to high so we could have us some barbeque that night.  After a number of hours, I took the pork out and pulled it.  Mixing it all back into the emptied crockpot with a sauce I made from an online recipe, it cooked for another hour and a half.  It came out great!

                     *  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                          Honey Spiced BBQ Sauce

Recipe By     :
Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Bbq sauces

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1 1/4   c            Catchup
     2/3   c            Salad oil
     3/4   c            Vinegar
   5       tb           Worcestershire sauce
   1       c            Honey
   2       tb           Dry mustard
   3       ts           Ginger, fresh grated
   1       ea           Lemon, sliced thinly
   3       tb           Butter

   Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and heat to blend together.

                   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

One Response to “Kitimoto”