Spent some time in England 30-odd years ago and experienced what the Brits call bacon. Nice lean pork loins, cured and smoked, sliced fairly thick. Absolutely delicious! Totally ruined me for American "bacon".
Being that British “bacon” is way closer to ham than our bacon (which they call streaky bacon) I don’t think they can really be compared to each other…
November 04, 2021, 02:26 AM
OttoSig
Did someone say Samgyupsal?
I've gotten to where pork belly, which could be argued the most common Korean meat choice with Bulgogi, is too fatty, not overall, but the consistency and texture of the fat.
It gets eaten a lot here. And by a lot I mean imagine every restaurant in the US that serves meat other than poultry, now imagine 90% of them having pork belly on the menu. It's crazy here.
Most often I now eat DwaeJi Kalbi or Hang Jeong Sal. Pork short ribs or jowls. I just can't do the huge solid pieces of fat in pork belly anymore.
Originally posted by irreverent: Gah. You guys are killing me. I’ve feel I’ve wasted this beautiful piece of meat (but yet in the am, I get a couple more slices and brown them in my cast iron to nibble on while I think this through). Maybe I’ll add bbq and give it a whirl. The bummer is my farmer just sold out so this may be the last share I get.
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November 04, 2021, 08:58 AM
Perception
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Originally posted by ulsterman:
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Originally posted by irreverent: Gah. You guys are killing me. I’ve feel I’ve wasted this beautiful piece of meat (but yet in the am, I get a couple more slices and brown them in my cast iron to nibble on while I think this through). Maybe I’ll add bbq and give it a whirl. The bummer is my farmer just sold out so this may be the last share I get.
“We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery”
You don't learn to cook by cooking, you learn to cook by screwing something up and figuring out how to do it better the next time. And I don't think pork belly can actually ever really be "screwed up."
"The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy." "I did," said Ford, "it is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates the government they want." "You mean they actually vote for the lizards." "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, then the wrong lizard might get in."
November 04, 2021, 11:39 AM
myrottiety
Polish buddy of mine would slow bake it for a few hours then char it on the grill. Slice into pieces and serve it over riced potatoes.
So delicious and super unique. He said in his area it was a super common dish for people without a lot of money.
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November 07, 2021, 09:25 AM
smschulz
I watch Food Wishes with Chef John a lot and he just came out with this a couple of days ago:
It looks pretty great and simple too.
November 07, 2021, 09:27 AM
ulsterman
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Originally posted by myrottiety: Polish buddy of mine would slow bake it for a few hours then char it on the grill. Slice into pieces and serve it over riced potatoes.
So delicious and super unique. He said in his area it was a super common dish for people without a lot of money.
That's why we ate skirt steak, beef heart, stew beef growing up. It was inexpensive.