"dsi1" wrote in message
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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.

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For me, fat gives a lot of flavour. If it is cooked properly, much of that
fat cooks out. I will never buy very lean meats.


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