The Pork Shop

Hello loyal readers (I think there are only two of you). I've only been doing a post a month, but I'm going to try and increase that to at least one a week.

I just back from vacationing in Arizona at my sister's house. While I was there we found the most magical place on earth just down the street from her house. We went to a party on July 4th, and for the party this woman made some of the most delicious pulled pork I have ever tasted. I complimented her on her pork-pulling capabilities and she said, "Thanks. But I didn't make it. I bought it just like this from the Pork Shop."

Me: "The pork what?"

Her: "The Pork Shop. It's a little store just down the road that sells all kinds of pork products."

It was like a thousand bazookas went off in my face, a light beamed down from the heavens, and angels started singing "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Just for some background: I LOVE PORK PRODUCTS!!! It's my favorite animal to eat of all time.

Immediately after hearing about The Pork Shop, I turned to my wife and sister and told them we have to go there first thing in the morning.

I woke up salivating the next morning and almost didn't put pants on to save time getting out the door and into the car.

The Pork Shop sits just off the side of a dusty desert road. As we pull into the small dirt and gravel parking lot, the dust clears to reveal a small beige box with big letters stating "THE PORK SHOP" (nothing too impressive so far). A quick glace down and that's when I see the various murals of pigs on the windows and I realize that this a place of dreams, a pig Disneyland if you will.

We step through the door and are greeted by the succulent smell of all of the most spectacular pork products I could ever imagine, and a youngish-looking man with a very large and impressive handlebar moustache. I knew, at that very instant, I had found one of the most special places on the planet.

I now know that anytime I visit my sister, the first thing I want to do when I get off of the plane is go straight to The Pork Shop.

Unfortunately, we forgot our camera on the trip, but I found some pictures of The Pork Shop on the eGullet Forums if you want to take a look at a slice of heaven.