On 2013-12-09 5:26 PM, sf wrote:

>>
>> What about pork? Pork is often a celebration dish in some parts of
>> the world. A crown roast of pork can be mighty good,
>
> I briefly considered it, but I don't cook pork roasts (unless it's a
> butt)... ever. It's too easy to turn modern pork into shoe leather
> and the fancy stuff is too expensive in that amount.

I have not cooked a pork roast for many years. First of all, I agree
about modern pork. When I was a kid I loved roast pork, but the stuff
they sell these days is crap. I was reintroduced to pork when we
visited with my niece when she was living in Estonia. She served it and
commented that it was so much better than Canadian pork these days, that
it was more like the stuff she remembered from her childhood. It was
good. I since hooked up with the local Dutch butcher and his pork is
excellent.


The other reason is the leftovers. I usually make a curry with leftover
lamb, and I have no problem finding ways to eat leftover beef. I have
never found any recipes for leftover roast pork that I would want to buy
a roast, knowing there will be leftovers.

And... it is not a good roast unless it is big.

BTW... I know I am not supposed to eat crackling, but does anyone sell
roast pork with the crackling?

As for ham... I eat it when it is served to me, and about once every
month or two I get some sliced ham for sandwiches. In the 40 years that
we have been married I have bought ham steaks maybe a half dozen times.
I don't think my wife has ever bought them. It is nothing dietary or
religious. It is just that neither of us is really interested in ham,
not when there are so many other good meats.

That being said, I often buy smoked ham hocks that I use for soups.