Pickle Meat aka Pickled Pork

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup mustard seeds
• 1 tablespoon celery seed
• 2 tablespoons hot sauce (I use Louisiana hot sauce or tabasco)
• 1 quart white vinegar
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 12 peppercorns
• 6-10 cloves garlic (depending on taste)
• 2 lbs boneless pork butt

Directions

1. 1

   Combine everything except pork butt in a sauce pan and boil for 5 minutes.

2. 2

   Allow to cool.

3. 3

   While seasoning is cooling, cut pork butt into 2 inch pieces.

4. 4

   Combine pork butt and seasoning mixture in a container with a tight fitting cover.

5. 5

   Stir to remove bubbles.

6. 6

   Cover and refrigerate for 3 days.

7. 7

   Use when making red beans and rice (just throw a cup or two in with the beans while they cook).