My partner in crime with the cooking club, Doris Bloch, hosted a meeting that focused on Hawaiian and Caribbean flavors last week. I decided to do what I thought would be simple to make, which it really was, except that I had a real challenge finding an ingredient. I chose to make Cuban sandwiches, which is a lineup of pickle slices, roasted pork, ham, Swiss cheese, and yellow mustard on Cuban bread. French bread a suitable substitute. I was sure I had seen deli pork roast somewhere and didn't consider that a problem. After facing several supermarket deli persons' "duh, sorry" responses, I figured I'd have to actually roast a hunk of pork. Yet, when I approached Harris Teeter, they said that they would have roast pork that afternoon. When I got there after four pm, another blank stare when I asked for that pound of sliced roast pork. Turns out the roast pork they earlier mentioned was a hot hunk of roast pork scheduled to go over and join the rotisserie chickens. So, I bought it, sliced it down, layered my sandwiches and put them on the pannini machine and... became a fan of Cuban sandwiches.
But just to prove I wasn't dreaming about seeing roast pork in a deli: In my early exploratory moments, I had sent an email to Wegman's asking them if they had deli roast pork. A day or so after our party, the deli man from that incredible store called to tell me he had a very good roll of roast pork that goes for $10.00 a pound. Now I plan to get some of that because my mouth is set for a good rye bread, mustard and pork sandwich, maybe with a slice of red onion. Keep in mind, however, HP's roast pork piece weighed a pound, already cooked cost $6.99. To indulge my pricey fancies, I have to drive 10 miles to my nearest Wegman's.
New Jersey has pork stores; what's the matter with Virginia?
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