that's not an enchilada

[the_siobhan]

The Thursday before the pigroast Axel picked up the pig (with Charlie's assistance) and prepped it for the grill; rubbing it with salt, soaking it liberally in the marinade and packing it away in ice. I didn't help him because I work afternoons so I wasn't home when he brought it home from the butcher.

On the Friday morning I did the last bit of clearing things out of the way so the house would have space for all our guests. I was in a hurry to get ready for work and I knew I had an enchilada sitting in the fridge in a tupperware container, so I figured I could just grab that and bring it to work with me for my dinner. I opened the fridge door, spotted the container in question, threw it into my knapsack and hopped on my bike.

Axel and I almost always eat dinner together when I have my break. Then I go back to work and he heads home. On this particular day we went down to the cafeteria the way we always do, and he popped his lunch into one of the microwaves. I took mine out of the bag with the intent to follow suit. I opened the microwave door, took the lid off the container and then just happened to look down.

Wait a minute.

That's not an enchilada.

...

That's a tongue.

...

I think I ended up having pizza for dinner.

Comments

[montieth.livejournal.com]

Coulda' been other pig parts...

So, I'm curious. Did you leave it in the company fridge for someone else to find?

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

You've obviously never seen the condition of our company fridge. They'd never notice it.

It's actually still here. I meant to throw it on the barbeque to see how it turned out, but I forgot. (I may have been drunk at the time.)

I just have to figure out how one goes about cooking a tongue.

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

I bet it'd be tasty braised. Nice lidded skillet, a whole bunch of onion wedges, chopped garlic, a cup or two of broth to get things started, and just let it simmer and steam on low for an hour. Season to taste about half way through.

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

Why was the tongue saved? Was it a future dinner, or just, well, "WTF do we do with this bit?"

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I should have known you'd be able to suggest something. :-)

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Apparently Axel put it aside because he wasn't sure what to do with it. I just hadn't known it was there.

[montieth.livejournal.com]

I just have to figure out how one goes about cooking a tongue.

So many options for comment here.....

[the_axel]

We chop off the head 'cos to cook it requires splitting the skull in half & thats more trouble than it's worth & when the butcher removed the entrails, he left the tongue only attached by a very small bit of muscle (or sinew, or whatever) so it would have fallen off pretty easily).

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

I'm talented like that...

Crock pot dinner tomorrow, I think. Potato, carrot, beef. S'funny, I end up craving winter foods more in summer. By the time January rolls around, I want to cook sausages and chicken parts over charcoal.

[spikella.livejournal.com]

your mood is my favourite part of this post

I carry my lunch in a plastic bag and i also put my garbage in plastic bags (apartment living dictates such) and one sleepy morning I threw out my lunch and put my garbage in the fridge at work

:s

[theonebob.livejournal.com]

Mmmm. Tongue.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I've totally done that. :-)

[ashbet]

. . . I am now utterly terrified to eat ANYTHING in Tupperware. X_x

-- A ;)