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Pork Cushion Meat

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Porthos

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One of the local chain markets puts pork cushion meat on sale frequently. I have never purchased any because I have no idea what it is beyond pork. Can anyone tell me what it is and what is is used for? I have always just ignored it but my DW added it to our shopping list as something to look at.

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heidih

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My Albertson's used to feature it frequently and I picked some up on a day when I was determined to do pork slowly on the Weber and nobody had pork butt close by. I found it to be really lean but with a long "grain" unlike lets say center cut loin. Here is a link to my post in my eG blog showing it from that market.  http://forums.egullet.org/topic/138482-eg-foodblog-heidih-2011-a-slice-of-life-in-the-south-bay-of-los-a/page-6#entry1812466

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Martin Fisher

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Cushion is the triceps brachii muscles of the picnic.

Best braised or the like.

~Martin :)

I just don't want to look back and think "I could have eaten that."

Unsupervised, rebellious, radical agrarian experimenter, minimalist penny-pincher, and adventurous cook. Crotchety, cantankerous, terse curmudgeon, non-conformist, and contrarian who questions everything!

The best thing about a vegetable garden is all the meat you can hunt and trap out of it!

 

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I finally bought some cushion meat, 3 pieces. I'm thinking that my first go will be a low-heat crock pot treatment to make pork tacos with.

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