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Is this 'Pork Belly'?

Started by rotuts , Nov 19 2012 12:07 PM

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#1 rotuts

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Posted 19 November 2012 - 12:07 PM

I was able to get to Chinatown BOS today and got some 'pork belly'

this is the best I could find and as they they there was 'no english'

note the cartilage that one sometimes sees on 'bacon' but note the ribs and how they run on the L of the photo. not may ribs in what Id call 'belly' so is this ' side meat ' of some kind?

I hope to use it for SV/BBQ/MC@H

your thoughts on this cut?

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#2 Chris Amirault

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Posted 19 November 2012 - 12:08 PM

Looks like bone-in pork belly to me.

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#3 rotuts

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Posted 19 November 2012 - 12:14 PM

I cant say much for your belly, but mine is boneless! :raz:

all kidding aside, the L of this 'belly' has rib bones so I guess ive always been wrong thinking 'belly is the meat around that button or side meat. I guess it runs up to include meat next to the ribs.

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#4 radtek

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Posted 19 November 2012 - 12:18 PM

Untrimmed belly. Interesting cut. You could always trim it down yourself.

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#5 Kerry Beal

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Posted 19 November 2012 - 12:19 PM

Great little YouTube video here of removing the spare ribs from the middle pork belly.

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#6 rotuts

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Posted 19 November 2012 - 12:42 PM

nice vid, thanks!

so I guess 'pork belly' really is a side of pork. ribs removed for 'bacon' etc

wonder where the piggy 'flank steak' is. is that the smooth muscle seen in the above vid?

Ive always thought the 'flank steak' (beefy ones) were the abdominal muscles, is '6 pack abs' etc.

somewhat asked on maybe the SV thread or MC@H on price: these were 2.49 and I got 5.2 lbs total weight on the two pieces.

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#7 Twyst

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Posted 19 November 2012 - 05:45 PM

If Im not mistaken, doesn't the MC Bacon recipe call for bone in belly like that?

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#8 avaserfi

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Posted 21 November 2012 - 10:04 PM

If you want to leave more meat on the belly rather than on the bones use a rib puller (or make one using some twine and a piece wooden dowel). The linked video is how you can expect most seam butchers to cut a midsection.

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