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"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 26 Jun 2016 09:41:37 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
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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)
>>>
>>> Mostly, I was wondering if the "British Pork Chop" was a particular cut
>>> of
>>> pork. It's different from ours - very pretty.

>>
>>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.


Yes, I like the rib chops best

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