Seahawks (2-6) vs. Cooking (Cubanos)

This fall we are combining our love of the football and our dream of learning to cook by preparing a meal from the city of the Seahawks' opponent.

In 66 days when our country surrenders to Castro we're all going to be eating a lot of Cuban food, so this week's meal will serve as practice.

The Cubano was created either in Cuba or Florida, and is sometimes referred to by its Spanish name, the Cuban Sandwich.

It's essentially a grilled ham, pork, and cheese sandwich, which sounds muy good. Ham and cheese sandwiches are one of our favorite foods. It's pretty much what we eat for lunch everyday.

However, we are not just going to sit around and slap together some sandwiches and call it a day. We are going to prepare a Cuban-Style Pork Roast Shoulder, and use that in the sandwich.

It will be our first time using a cooking bag, until a few days ago we had never heard of one of those. We just assumed it was how Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi referred to his wife.

It's apparently some sort of sack where we can marinate our meat with spices and liquids. You can even put the thing in the oven. That's wild.

Oh, off-topic drinking game, every time you hear Biden use the word "man" as slang, take a shot.

Back to the cooking bag. Our nutritionist friend just gave us a rundown on how it’s going to work. Usually, we would just roast our pork shoulder without cover. This way the fat can drip off, and the meat becomes tender.

In a cooking bag the meat inside continues to bake, with only the meat contacting the marinade absorbing the flavor.

However, we’ll be tightening the bag around the meat, causing the whole roast to soak an equal amount of flavor. She stressed that we have to cut slits in the bag, or it will explode, and our face will melt off.