"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
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> Kent > wrote:
>
>>I had been looking for a deal on a dry cured country ham, and I just saw
>>and
>>bought a dry cured picnic, or pork shoulder produced by Smithfield. Inc.
>>for
>>$2.99/lb at 99 Ranch Market in Concord. It has the brand name "PIGGY",
>>though it is from the Smithfield company. I thought it was a steal, so as
>>a
>>certified tightwad I bought it. It is quite small, 5lb, even for a picnic,
>>though dry cured hams are much lighter. On the internet I can find nothing
>>about a "PIGGY" brand dry cured smoked pork shoulder. There is nothing on
>>the Smithfield.com site about the product.
>
> Possibly labeled for some international market?
>
> Smithfield, Inc. is huge. They make all manner of meat products.
>
> Steve
>
>
I thought something similar to that, that this may be a product that is
directed at a specific market or even a specific retailer, like Ranch 99 in
this case. Ranch 99, the Chinese supermarket, always has dry cured hams,
usually Gwaltney, a common Smithfield brand, generally at good prices..

Kent