On 21/03/2016 4:57 AM, wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 21:40:42 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 16:11:07 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/20/2016 2:01 PM, Janet wrote:
>>>> In article >,
>>>> says...
>>>>>
>>>>> I've never seen it at the store ... never looked for it, either ...
>>>>> but there it was at Costco, a big package of it. Looked good,
>>>>> but I don't know what people do with it.
>>>
>>>> I make this Jamie Oliver recipe
>>>>
>>>> http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/ja...xclusive-pork-
>>>> 789242
>>
>> That recipe relies on a skin-on pork belly for it's cracklin crust.
>> The ones at Costco are skinless.
>>
>>> Looks like I'm going to be there again this week, so I will likely
>>> pick up a package unless it's $50 or something. Thanks for the
>>> recipe.
>>
>> The price fluctuates between $2.29 and $2.69lb (around here) and they
>> weigh around 9-10 pounds.
>>
>> -sw
>
> Didn't cross my mind you could buy skinless pork belly! To me that's
> what pork belly is - the purveyor of loads of crackling! Nancy must
> have wondered why I left it uncovered overnight in the fridge, that
> was so the crackling would be even better.
>
All the pork in the SMs here is skinless. I was told that that's the way
it arrives from the packers. I did find some in a Vietnamese meat market
once but the shop ran into hygiene problems and the owners have been
charged with running a drugs racket and money laundering:-)
Graham