[Ansteorra] BaconbaconbaconnothingtasteslikebaconbecauseitsBACON!! !

[David J. Hughes]

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From: Michael Gunter <dookgunthar at gmail.com>
To: Brandon McDermott <brandonsmcd at yahoo.com>,  "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] BaconbaconbaconnothingtasteslikebaconbecauseitsBACON!!!
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 14:20:47 -0500

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> If I bring you a whole pig, will you make me bacon?
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Certainly. Of course you just get the belly and I get to keep the rest.
Mmmmm....fried pig ears....

Gunthar
baconbaconbacon
 
 
 
Not just the belly can be used for bacon.
 
>From Wikipedia:
 
"Bacon is prepared from several different cuts of meat. It is usually made from side and back cuts of pork, except in the United States, where it is almost always prepared from pork belly (typically referred to as "streaky", "fatty", or "American style" outside of the US and Canada). The side cut has more meat and less fat than the belly. Bacon may be prepared from either of two distinct back cuts: fatback, which is almost pure fat, and pork loin, which is very lean. Bacon-cured pork loin is known as back bacon."
 
"Rashers (slices) differ depending on the primal cut from which they are prepared:
Side bacon, or streaky bacon, comes from pork belly. It is very fatty with long layers of fat running parallel to the rind. This is the most common form of bacon in the United States. Pancetta is Italian streaky bacon, smoked or aqua (unsmoked), with a strong flavor. It is generally rolled up into cylinders after curing. In America unsmoked streaky bacon is often referred to as side pork.
Middle bacon, from the side of the animal, is intermediate in cost, fat content, and flavor between streaky bacon and back bacon.
Back bacon (called Irish bacon/Rashers or Canadian bacon in the United States]) comes from the loin in the middle of the back of the pig. It is a very lean, meaty cut of bacon, with less fat compared to other cuts. It has a ham-like texture. Most bacon consumed in the United Kingdom is back bacon.
Cottage bacon is thinly sliced lean pork meat from a shoulder cut that is typically oval shaped and meaty. It is cured and then sliced into round pieces for baking or frying.
Jowl bacon is cured and smoked cheeks of pork. See Guanciale.
Slab bacon typically has a medium to very high fraction of fat. It is made from the belly and side cuts, and from fatback. Slab bacon is not to be confused with salt pork, which is prepared from the same cuts, but is not cured.
Bacon joints include the following:
Collar bacon is taken from the back of a pig near the head.
Hock, from the hog ankle joint between the ham and the foot.
Gammon, from the hind leg, traditionally "Wiltshire cured".
Picnic bacon is from the picnic cut, which includes the shoulder beneath the blade. It is fairly lean, but tougher than most pork cuts.
 
 
David Gallowglass