So it seems that I've been cooking and eating cuts of pork all these these years without knowing what part of the pig I was dealing with. Emeril told Rian and Rian told me that a pork butt is really a pork shoulder. WHO KNEW?!?!? I googled "pork cuts," as I was having a hard time with this strange fact. And guess what? It's true. Not only is what's call a butt really the pig's shoulder, what's called his leg is really his butt. And stranger still: the loins are on his back. Bet he has a hard time breeding.
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On 07/02/2007, Susan said ...
Hi!
My husband Steve and I have just rolled off our dining room chairs with laughter. (Okay, we've got one of the kid's laptops on the table!) I read your earlier post to Steve just the other day. He does all the grocery shopping and cooking, and he thought he knew EVERYTHING about the entire meat department at Publix...but, this latest post proves...once and for all...that neither of us could have spotted a pig's snout from his curly hind tail! Hilarious.
By the way, thinking of summer in South Carolina and elsewhere in the South has always brought to mind the first bead of sweat at the beach...which is shed somewhere long before arrival at said oceanfront location...I've always felt that this sensation is some insect running down my leg...then I start to itch...then I start to panic. I have no idea how people can stand sun tanning or lounging on a towel plopped down in the sand. Give me a cool evening with a blanket and a book anytime! Better yet, put me inside an air conditioned house with classical music and a needle pulling a thread through some exotic fabric! Have a great Fourth of July. I'll be in my nice, solitary studio...creating art.
Susan
On 07/03/2007, mom2fur said ...
All I know is, pork tenderloin is my favorite piggy part. Everytime it is on sale, I buy a lot of it!
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