Caul Fat

[Milagai]

d'oh! not being a bio major

i had overlooked the finer distinction

between amniotic sac and placenta....

one learns!

milagai

[tim]

Alan,

The hog diaphragm is the caul fat. I just ask my slaughterhouse for some diaphragms. Heather has a very good picture of the caul fat.

Tim

[therese]

Alan,

The hog diaphragm is the caul fat.  I just ask my slaughterhouse for some diaphragms.  Heather has a very good picture of the caul fat.

Tim

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Sorry, but the diaphragm is a muscle (and is actually what a skirt steak/fajita is, as it actually looks like a skirt, but that's in a cow so never mind). Almost no fat at all, just muscle and pretty dense fibrous connective tissue. It separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities. It's possible that some butchers/slaughterhouses call the caul "diaphragm," but it's anatomically incorrect.

[hhlodesign]

Some creative use of the stuff.