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On Sun, 26 Jun 2016 09:41:37 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>"dsi1" > wrote in message
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>> On Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 11:48:44 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "dsi1" <dsi1om> wrote in message
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>>> > On Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 10:09:48 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>> >> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>>> >> ...
>>> >> > On Sat, 25 Jun 2016 16:37:52 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
>>> >> . ..
>>> >> >>> On Sat, 25 Jun 2016 08:40:51 +0100, "Ophelia"
>>> >> >>> >
>>> >> >>> wrote:
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>>
>>> >> >>>>
>>> >> >>>>"The Greatest!" > wrote in
>>> >> >>>>message
>>> >> ...
>>> >> >>>>> On Thursday, 23 June 2016 22:58:28 UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>> On 6/23/2016 9:22 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>> > I cooked some pork chops for dinner. These are what I
>>> >> >>>>>> > ordinarilly
>>> >> >>>>>> > buy
>>> >> >>>>>> > from the market in town, no fancy name, no fancy price, from
>>> >> >>>>>> > a
>>> >> >>>>>> > local
>>> >> >>>>>> > farm:
>>> >> >>>>>> > http://i63.tinypic.com/11ih4sm.jpg
>>> >> >>>>>> > Delicious:
>>> >> >>>>>> > http://i67.tinypic.com/yovtc.jpg
>>> >> >>>>>> >
>>> >> >>>>>> What, they don't have pork chops in Scotland?
>>> >> >>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>> I do not see prices like that in my area.
>>> >> >>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>
>>> >> >>>>> Uh, you live in Scotland, WITCH...!!!???
>>> >> >>>>>
>>> >> >>>>
>>> >> >>>>Hmmm I live in Scotland <g> I did take a pic of my pork chops
>>> >> >>>>yesterday
>>> >> >>>>in
>>> >> >>>>response to Sheldon and I will post it later)
>>> >> >>>>
>>> >> >>>>Just because we have pork chops in Scotland ... why the hell
>>> >> >>>>should
>>> >> >>>>he
>>> >> >>>>not
>>> >> >>>>post a pic of his????
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> I posted it specifically for you because you said you couldn't see
>>> >> >>> Ed's pork chop at that binary site and I said I'd post pictures
>>> >> >>> here
>>> >> >>> next I cooked pork chops.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>You did indeed. Thank you! I enjoyed seeing your chops and I took
>>> >> >>pics
>>> >> >>of
>>> >> >>mine for you)
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> I also often buy the family sized packages
>>> >> >>> of shoulder pork chops, they are very inexpensive, sometimes
>>> >> >>> 89¢/lb.
>>> >> >>> I
>>> >> >>> trim the meaty parts out, coat with seasoned flour and fry them
>>> >> >>> quickly like cutlets, they are fattier so are more tender than
>>> >> >>> loin
>>> >> >>> chops. I trim out the larger sections of fat for feeding crows.
>>> >> >>> The
>>> >> >>> bony parts are braised in tomato pasta sauce.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>I love the big pork chops. They sell pork loin chops which I don't
>>> >> >>care
>>> >> >>for.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>These are what I cooked last night) They had been in the freezer
>>> >> >>for a
>>> >> >>few days ...
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>http://tinypic.com/r/2hwcnjk/9
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>http://tinypic.com/r/33f7zbo/9
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>Oh and I did make baked potatoes to go with them)
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Those look fine, but they're not cooked yet. How did you cook them?
>>> >>
>>> >> On a griddle on the hob. Sorry, I forgot to take a pic of them on the
>>> >> plates
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Those chops look pretty good. I'm surprised that they're called
>>> > "British
>>> > Pork Chops" instead of "Pork Chops." Does that strike you as being a
>>> > little funny?
>>>
>>> Not at all. They were reared here and they are proud to say so)

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>> Mostly, I was wondering if the "British Pork Chop" was a particular cut of
>> pork. It's different from ours - very pretty.

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>No)


Actually there are several cuts named pork chop from the loin, all
good:
http://www.askthemeatman.com/pork_loin_cuts.htm
Yours look like loin chops or sirloin chops, I like those too but
prefer them marinated:
http://www.askthemeatman.com/images/..._pork_chop.jpg
http://www.askthemeatman.com/images/..._pork_chop.jpg
For fying/grilling I prefer a center cut rib chop:
http://www.askthemeatman.com/images/..._pork_chop.jpg
There are pork shoulder chops too.