A Labor Day Feast
'Good morning. Seventy-seven years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered a Labor Day radio address. “In times of national emergency,” he told the nation, “one fact is brought home to us, clearly and decisively — the fact that all of our rights are interdependent.”
It was three months before the United States entered the Second World War. “The right of freedom of worship would mean nothing without freedom of speech,” Roosevelt continued. “And the rights of free labor as we know them today could not survive without the rights of free enterprise.
“That is the indestructible bond that is between us — between all of us Americans: interdependence of interests, privileges, opportunities, responsibilities — interdependence of rights.
“That is what unites us — men and women of all sections, of all races, of all faiths, of all occupations, of all political beliefs. That is why we have been able to defy and frustrate the enemies who believed that they could divide us and conquer us from within.”
That is worth thinking about today, even if the holiday is generally about High Lifes and barbecue: what binds us together. As Sammy Cahn wrote for Sinatra after the war ended, albeit on a different subject, “You can’t have one without the other.”
But perhaps you came here for food? Maybe you need some last-minute ideas for a Labor Day meal. Or for something to take to a picnic or potluck. Or for some appetizers to stave off hunger while the pork butt (above) continues to cook and cook in its smoky warm bath.'>>>
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/dining/a-labor-day-feast.html?
Pulled Pork
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016087-pulled-pork?
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