Re: Authentic Salt Pork
The different cuts of pork used in the various grades of salt pork was explained in my first post on salt pork.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary "sow belly" is an American slang for salted side of pork so it apparently did not just refer to the belly.
Bacon was the cured and smoked breast and could be made from sides or belly of the hog. The 1861 Webster's dictionary defines bacon as "Hog's flesh (sometimes that of bear) salted or pickled [brined] and dried, usually in smoke."
Originally posted by echamp6165
According to the Oxford English Dictionary "sow belly" is an American slang for salted side of pork so it apparently did not just refer to the belly.
Bacon was the cured and smoked breast and could be made from sides or belly of the hog. The 1861 Webster's dictionary defines bacon as "Hog's flesh (sometimes that of bear) salted or pickled [brined] and dried, usually in smoke."
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