Pickled Beef or Pickled Pork

 Ingredients:

• ½ cup mustard seeds
• 1 tablespoon celery seeds
• 2 tablespoons hot sauce (I use Louisiana hot sauce or Tabasco)
• 1 quart cider vinegar
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 12 peppercorns
• 6-10 cloves garlic (depending on taste
• 2 lbs boneless pork butt

Method:

1. Combine everything except pork butt in a sauce pan and boil for 5 minutes.
2. Allow to cool - while seasoning is cooling, cut pork butt into 2 inch pieces.
3. Combine pork butt and seasoning mixture in a container with a tight fitting cover.
4. Stir to remove bubbles.
5. Cover and refrigerate for 3 days.
6. Use when making red beans and rice (just throw a cup or two in with the beans while they cook).