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Why the pork belly? Why Now?

IndyRob

By IndyRob
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IndyRob

IndyRob

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I was wandering around the meat section of my local Meijer and stumbled across a pile of cryovac'd pork bellies.  I never see pork bellies (outside of bacon) at any mainstream grocery.  I didn't know why they were there.  I wondered if there was something going on I didn't know about.   

 

Anyways, the cuts were large (like 5lbs) and not suitable for an impulse buy.

 

Then two days later I was in a Kroger.  Again, the pork bellies.  These were smaller so I picked one up.

 

What's going on? Is there some sort of pork belly holiday I'm not aware of?

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JoNorvelleWalker

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Smoke them!  I'm having pork belly for dinner.

 

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Ddanno

Ddanno

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Get them all! Especially if the ribs are still attached 😋

 

The price is wacky over here because of TV chefs (see also kidneys, calves' liver, sweetbreads, lamb and virtually all seafood)

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