mmmmmmm

 mmmmm for Momofuku's bo ssam.  We don't have a lot of days where we just hang out for six or more hours at home, but with the long weekend, the cold, drizzly weather, we took advantage of our dull, quiet weekend to toss a hunk of pork in the oven and roast the dickens out of it.  Oh my.  Oh my.  oh my..... so very very good.

We (as advised by the recipe) had some nice butter lettuce,ginger scallion sauce (good on everything I think), ssam jam sauce,  fresh pickles (we did beets, cucumbers and apples, the apples with the pork were my fav), our friends came with their homemade kimchee (seriously, perfect for the topping, and can't say that I like kimchee, until now) and some korean beers. We omitted the oysters, mostly out of laziness, I am sure they are good, but I'm not sure how much better this could get.   I really don't know what to say, it was very pleasant.  We have the cookbook, but it is also printed in the NYtimes and elsewhere.

NOT difficult, just requires a chilly cool afternoon at home, some friends who will bring their appetites, the perfect accouterments and awesome and fun company because you WILL need friends to share it with, even if you are crazy hungry,...that's a lot of (tasty, tender, perfectly done falling apart) meat.