On Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 3:28:59 AM UTC-10, Nancy2 wrote:
> Isn't pork belly just a huge chunk of uncut bacon? What is there to eat? Small
> strips of meat among all that gelatinous fat? There is a pic when I Googled it,
> compliments of Gordon Ramsey, and that is what it looks like.
>
> I can't imagine eating bacon fat like that....my bacon has to be fried crispy,
> brown and thin-cut. If someone put a piece of pork belly in front of me, I
> would probably gag before taking a bite. Am I wrong about it?
>
> N.

You are right the pork belly is uncured bacon. Americans have a long history of avoiding fat in their meats. The Asians are typically not averse to eating a big hunk of fat. OTOH, I can see trends arising where the situation is reversing. In the future, Asians could be avoiding fatty meat and Americans, not so much.