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Budget Cooking: How To Stretch A 6 Pounds Pork Shoulder Into 5 Dishes For Family of 4, Part 1

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This is the first installment of my Budget Cooking: How To Stretch A 6 Pounds Pork Shoulder Into 5 Dishes For Family of 4 series. The $7.67 pork shoulder is technically 5.99 pounds but I’m just going to round it up to an even 6 pounds. This size of pork shoulder itself is good for either huge family dinners, formal or holiday dinners cooked as: Baked Pork Roast With Dry Rub, Crockpot Cooking: Southern Pork Barbeque, or give a couple more pounds to make a Lechon Kawali aka Deep Fried Pork Roast. But today, I’m going to show you how you can divide a pork shoulder to stretch into 5 different dishes to serve on different nights, for a family of 4.

FYI, the pictures are not glamorous because this is a real kitchen not some fancy decorated kitchen from a Food Network show. If you’re a vegetarian, well, don’t click “read more”…

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