On these hot summer days dust off that slow cooker so you don't heat up the kitchen. This take on a classic is dedicated to Soni Wolf, the driving force behind Dykes on Bikes. Read about her after the recipe.
At the grocery store, look for sliced bone-in pork butt for this recipe; the bone helps to prevent the meat from overcooking and drying out. The best part of this recipe is the pan sauce you make right in the slow cooker. The pork simmers with the caramelized onions, apple cider, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce until incredibly juicy and seasoned with amazing flavor.
Ingredients
- about 2lbs sliced pork butt, thick sliced
- Kosher salt + pepper, to taste
- Brown sugar, to taste (optional)
- 2 Tablespoons butter, divided
- 1 large onion, sliced
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 cup chicken broth or stock
- 1 cup applesauce, no added sugar
- 3 Tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 – 3 Tablespoons cornstarch mixed with 2 Tablespoons water
Directions
Season the pork with salt, black pepper, and brown sugar to taste. Either cook immediately, or cover and refrigerate overnight.
Wipe out and spray the slow cooker. Set on low heat. Then slice the onion into a bowl.
Heat butter in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Sear the pork on both sides until they’re starting to brown, approximately 3 – 5 minutes per side. Add to the slow cooker. (It’s OK to overlap the pork slightly, with bones toward the outside). Pour in the chicken broth.
Add the remaining ½ tablespoon of butter to the sauté pan, followed by the sliced onions. Cook the onions until they begin to brown, about 3-5 minutes. Remove about 2 spoonfuls to bowl lined with paper towel.
In a bowl mix the Thyme, brown sugar, soy and worchester sauses into the cup of applesauce.
Add this to the pan of onions. Stir until heated through.
Pour on top of the pork in the cooker and sprinkle the last of the reserved onion on top. Dot with a couple of pats of butter and cover.
Cook for 5 hours on low or 2 – 3 hours on high.
Carefully remove the cooked pork and set them aside on a plate.
Remove 3 ladels full to a sauce pan on stove top. Whisk the cornstarch and water mixture into the cooking liquid over medium high heat. This will give a wonderful “pan sauce”.(If the sauce doesn’t thicken enough, use additional cornstarch slurry, but keep in mind that the sauce will thicken more as it cools.)
Serve with mixed vegetables or mashed potatoes, rice, or your favorite sides.
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Soni Wolf: the driving force behind Dykes on Bikes
Soni S.H.S. Wolf (1948 - 2018) was an American gay activist. She described herself as a dyke, and was also a motorcycle enthusiast and former U.S. Air Force Vietnam-era veteran. She co-founded the Dykes on Bikes (DOB) after their 1976 San Francisco Pride parade debut, and rode with them each year from 1978 until her death in 2018. The group is a highly visible symbol of empowerment and LGBT pride. Wolf refused to accept dyke as an insult, and she insisted on treating all people with respect and dignity.
Soni S.H.S. Wolf grew up in Rhode Island.
She joined the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. She served as medic at a hospital in Texas treating wounded combat veterans. She never revealed what S.H.S. stood for, nor did she speak of her time treating wounded soldiers returning from the Vietnam War. She said she was too traumatized by the treatment of Vietnam vets to do so.
The brutal war, which lasted from 1964 to 1973, was the first major time veterans returned not as a unit but individually, without parades celebrating victory as it was “the first major lost war abroad in American history”. It was also divisive with protests against it, and a growing opposition to United States involvement, with the public often projecting their hostility onto the vets.
After her discharge she moved into San Francisco’s gay district, The Castro, and became a manager of photocopier centers for Charles Schwab Corporation, and other brokerages and law firms.
Dykes on Bikes
In 1976, a group of 20-25 lesbians decided to ride their motorcycles in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade which had started six years before. They led the parade to prevent their bikes from overheating due to idling behind the slower-moving walking contingents. Some motorcyclists had done the parade before, but it wasn’t as organized. One of the riders noted them as being “dykes on bikes” which was overheard, and reported in the city’s main newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Dykes on Bikes (DOB) formalized within a week of the parade. Although the name originator isn’t known, Wolf embraced the name, and helped the new group leverage it to become one of the most visible, and empowering symbols of LGBTQ communities.
Brook Oliver, lead attorney in DOB’s effort to trademark, said,
“Soni was the founding mother of Dykes on Bikes,” and added “She was the inspiration and the mentor that allowed Dykes on Bikes to flourish all over the world.”
Wolf continued working with the group to organize into a 501(c)(3) non-profit. She also served on the board of San Francisco Pride. DOB grew larger than San Francisco, with sixteen chapters and thousands of members in the U.S., Britain and Australia.
Trademark challenges
Wolf, as primary witness, led the DOB fight to register the groups’ name, and later, it’s logo. The first case went to the Supreme Court and took five years from 2003 to 2008. The legal battle began after DOB filed a trademark application in 2003. Twenty-four expert witnesses provided evidence that DOB had reclaimed dyke for the lesbian community, and the term was used to empower. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) denied the trademark application twice because of the Lanham Act, which does not allow consideration of trademark that could be considering disparaging to a group of people. The PTO said dyke is vulgar, offensive, "scandalous", and, according to Webster's dictionary, is "often used disparagingly".
In July 2007 the Supreme “declined” to hear the case, rendering a decision in favor of protecting the name Dykes on Bikes. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board allowed the group to register its name.
In 2008, Wolf became central again in a second round of legal battles when DOB went to the same agency, the PTO to register the groups’ logo, which includes the name of the group, Dykes on Bikes.
The PTO, now denied the logo application for the same reason it had previously refused the first name registration. This time the Supreme Count heard oral arguments for the case, ruling in favor of the DOB in January last year.
Wolf served as the DOB historian and secretary for many years, and in 2016 she was made Secretary Emeritus. In July 2017 she stepped back from administrative duties.
Last year, Nomi S.H.S. Wolf passed away at age 69 from complications of pulmonary disease and pneumonia.
Kate Brown, past President and current spokesperson for the San Francisco Dykes on Bikes had this to say: “Soni leaves an indelible mark on history and especially on those who shared her daily life. Soni steadfastly refused to accept ‘Dyke’ as an epithet. She blazed the trail for the rest of us in courage and LGBTQ pride. She taught me leadership takes many forms; there is strength in patience, power in listening, and small acts have a way of being defining moments in history. Like the roads we ride, our lives take many twists and turns. I am forever grateful for the route that brought Soni into my life.”
Pride executive director George F. Ridgely Jr. in a prepared statement. “Soni was an integral member of the San Francisco Pride family, and she will be missed.”
In June, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, Wolf was one of fifty inaugural heroes to be named on the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor placed inside the Stonewall Inn, and within the Stonewall National Monument.
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