Saltwater Pork Shoulder with Relish

This is a very successful starter at Wockpool, and more often than not is ordered by the Chinese customers. Along with Red-braised Pork Hock, this is one of my favourite pork dishes. In a way this is Chinese cooked ham, and anything you do with ham applies; they work especially well as sandwiches for an Asian-style picnic. The texture of the meat, fat and skin is first changed by boiling, and then softened by pressing with a heavy weight, so bot