Rainy Saturday Pork Roast
1 picnic pork roast (sometimes called a fresh ham) - mine was about nine pounds. applesauce - 1 quart 3 granny smith apples, chopped apple cider vinegar salt pepper sage thyme garlic powder onion powder The radar map looked a bit like this ALL DAY today as Tropical Storm Hanna passed over the Philadelphia region: When better than during pouring rain to make a classic comfort food like a roast? Preheat oven to 350. First, use a knife or kitchen scissors (the type that can go in the dishwasher for sanitizing) to remove the skin: Heat a large pot on high, and then quickly sear top and bottom of the roast (this is to start the maillard effect, by which browning makes everything taste better: Remove the pot from the heat. Add around the roast a jar of applesauce (if you don't have homemade just make sure to use one that is just apples -not sweetened or spiced). I happened to have three granny smith apples I had peeled this morning for something else, so I added them as well. I normall...