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Default Pork butts $1.39 per pound

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zxcvbob > wrote:

> at the local IGA market (small independent supermarket), so I bought
> three 4-pounders. They are well-marbled with fat I don't think they are
> "enhanced with 12% solution" like most of the pigmeat in town.
>
> I've put them in the deep freezer for a month to kill any trichinae
> because I may eat them raw. It's salami making time, and dry salami is
> usually eaten uncooked. I know trichinosis from commercial pork is very
> rare in the US, but why tempt fate.
>
> Bob


We use pork butts here to make bratwurst. My favorite is cabbage
and potato brats.

Jan