Carnitas. Whaaa? Phase I

Stage 1. Bought some pork shoulder from the Palisades Safeway. Interesting they even had any since there is a, albeit minority, population of "God's chosen" around. Whatever. Look at this beauty:




I chose to trim and clean the shoulder, leaving the gristle and bone behind. I saved the trimmings for who knows what. Pork fat works with anything.

Here is the result. Left side went into the pan, right side went into the freezer (sausage meat?)




I added some bacon grease I'd saved from prior cooking experiments:



All the chunks were added into the casserole, with spices, salt, and plenty of fresh garlic. I'm off to the post office and the pork is off to simmer for a couple hours. Unattended cooking?