On Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 9:51:24 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> 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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I like your way of thinking. This is the golden age for foodies. There's an entire generation raised on cooking shows that is open to new ideas and techniques. These young people are going to change the foods of the US and Europe. Well alright.