tortillas

Coles pulled pork

Have you ever wondered what Coles pulled pork is like? Well I bought some and want to share my thoughts on this product.

You can find this amid other prepared meat products like lamb shanks and beef ribs in the meat section of any Coles supermarket.

While I usually buy meat in its plain butchered raw form without any flavourings or marinades, I looked at this and thought why not. It’s already been cooked and just needs reheating in an oven. You could also heat it through using a microwave oven if you were in a hurry. Who would have thought you could prepare a pulled pork meal in hurry!

Here’s a quick video review courtesy of Adobe Spark [it’s free and easy to use this web based program which also shares some capability in iOS apps and some Android apps].

 

 

Pulled pork from Coles. Ready to pull your pork!
Pulled pork from Coles. Ready to pull your pork!
Coles pulled pork cooking instructions
Coles pulled pork cooking instructions

See you can even cook this on the stove top as well as in the oven.

So I tried it out. I thought the best way to try this product out was in a pulled pork and macaroni cheese taco. I do have some leftover which will go into toasted sandwiches which I will enjoy at work.

Last night as part of Taco Saturday, I prepared the pulled pork. It was very easy. I opened the plastic bag, emptied the contents into a pyrex bowl, covered it with aluminium (yes that’s the correct spelling my American friends ) foil and then put it into a hot oven. After 15 minutes I took off the foil and basted the meat. I cooked it for a further 15 minutes and then pulled it out and allowed it to rest a little before pulling apart the meat. It was very easy and the meat was very tasty. The packet says it’s enough to serve two people.

I put one serve into my pulled pork and macaroni cheese taco and put the rest into an airtight container and refrigerated it.

Pulled pork and macaroni cheese tortillas
Pulled pork and macaroni cheese tortillas
Pulled pork and macaroni cheese tortillas
Pulled pork and macaroni cheese tortillas

In my opinion Coles pulled pork is a good product. Who knows what preservatives and other things have been added to it to keep it on the shelves and to make it tender. It tasted good and it was tender. I’m happy to recommend it. Please note I have done this product review without any suggestion from Coles or anyone else. If Coles would like me to do product reviews they can contact me.

Taco Saturday

Have you ever had a Taco Saturday and eaten tacos for breakfast, lunch and dinner? Today I had tortillas filled with goodness three times. This extravaganza was inspired by a blogger friend Julie who is currently on a camping holiday. We started a discussion in the comments of a recent post and the notion of breakfast tacos was raised. It cascaded from there.

 

This morning started well with a panorama of the sunrise.

Lake Ginninderra Panorama
Lake Ginninderra Panorama

I went for a walk to build an appetite.

Lake Ginninderra
Lake Ginninderra

My breakfast taco was made with a line of cheesy potato gems (tater tots for my US friends), streaky Pialligo Estate Artisanal bacon and creamy buttery scrambled eggs.

Breakfast tortillas with scrambled eggs, bacon, potato gems, salsa, cheese and spring onions
Breakfast tortillas with scrambled eggs, bacon, potato gems, salsa, cheese and spring onions
Breakfast tortillas with scrambled eggs, bacon, potato gems, salsa, cheese and spring onions
Breakfast tortillas with scrambled eggs, bacon, potato gems, salsa, cheese and spring onions

After some grocery shopping I needed my lunch taco which contained smoked salmon with a guacamole laden with chilli.

Smoked salmon and avocado salsa tortilla with chilli, dill, cream cheese, lemon zest and black pepper
Smoked salmon and avocado salsa tortilla with chilli, dill, cream cheese, lemon zest and black pepper

After lunch I needed to make some purchases and walked by the lake. I had noticed an abandoned car on my morning walk.

Abandoned car on Lake Ginninderra
Abandoned car on Lake Ginninderra

I also spent some time sitting on a bench day dreaming.

Lake Ginninderra
Lake Ginninderra

For dinner I had some Coles pulled pork and made some macaroni cheese from scratch.

Coles pulled pork cooking instructions
Coles pulled pork cooking instructions
Pulled pork and macaroni cheese tortillas
Pulled pork and macaroni cheese tortillas
Pulled pork and macaroni cheese tortillas
Pulled pork and macaroni cheese tortillas

Have you ever had a Taco Saturday?

If you want to know more about tacos I suggest another Texan, viz., Hilah Johnson. Hilah has a fantastic YouTube channel.