Braised Bones

Was going to make pork soup, but I've never just had the pork bones braised, and they had all this really nice looking meat and tendon and marrow stuff going on. In addition, both of us had long work days today and were unlikely to sit down for dinner before 8 or so, and probably would not want to fuss with an elaborate dinner. So I decided to have the bones a bit more paleo style (assuming our hunter-gatherer ancestors had a convenient plug for a crock pot), and just threw them into the slow cooker (see first post pic) with some bay, peppercorns, and water and braised them all day. Results below. Pulled the bones out and put them on a plate (broth and trimmings will be lunch tomorrow, served over millet) with nothing else. Phil looked very suspicious that this plate of bones would make a meal, but none of us are complaining now. Marrow and meat and good fatty connective tissue is really satisfying.

Eating notes: Use a chopstick to get as much marrow as you can out of the bone. It's really good and a crime to waste.