12/18   OK, I'm a serious carnitas fan, and I figure I should be able to make
        it at home pretty easily.  The problem is there's a lot of bad carnitas
        out there (either bland or fried to death) and as a first time cook I
        am having a hard time telling the good recipes from the bad.  Does any
        one have a tested and good recipt to share?i  -glutton
        \_ I love carnitas and as such I find most of it out there is
           actually pretty good. If you find someplace you like then ask
           for the recipe.
           \_ Al Pastor >> Carnitas
              \_ That's a little like saying "glazed pork shops >> bacon"
                 While the former may have more complexity, it will never have
                 the pure unctuous joy of the latter.
        \_ My favorite Carnitas is from a place in Concord called LA TAPATIA.
           They do fry it but not overly-done, and after a few times sampling it
           you should be able to guess how they do it. It's on Willow Pass in
           Concord, not too far from Fry's Electronics.
           \_ Huh. They catered our building's holiday party a couple of weeks
              ago. The food was ass, but none of its was Carntias.
           They do fry it but not overly-done, and after a few times sampling
           it you should be able to guess how they do it. It's on Willow
           Pass in Concord, not too far from Fry's Electronics.
           \_ Huh. They catered our building's holiday party a couple of
              weeks ago. The food was ass, but none of its was Carntias.
        \_ What's yer email? I'll send you a recipe.