@barman that sounds like a really awesome endeavor though! There's nothing worse than getting served a pandered not good version of something amazing.
I mean I'm all for pandering of its tasty. One of my favorite Chinese take out foods is General Tsao's from Panda Express. The closest thing to General Tsao's growing up was sweet and sour spare ribs for me so it's a treat finding a Panda Express around.
miltmaldo
That's what I make on the side when I make it. I was in Springfield, MA and to my surprise there was more Puerto Rican spots in that little town than there were in all of Brooklyn by the time I moved out to NJ in 2005. I make pernil sometimes but halfway into cooking I get confused in what I'm doing and it ends up looking like a Chinese roast pig with puffy crispy skin instead of crackling pernil skin. I still miss my favorite luncheonettes that always seemed to be right next to a dollar gypsy can car service.
My favorite meals were always pernil or a giant bowl of Mondongo and a side of steamy rice.