On Mon, 9 Jan 2017 08:42:52 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>"dsi1" wrote in message
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>On Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 9:51:24 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> "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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>
>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.
>
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>A butcher I used to use, said to me one day,"You are very unusual!" I asked
>why and he said because everyone else asks for very lean meat)

If we are going to have roast beast I phone the butcher a couple of
weeks beforehand and he will put aside a piece that still has the fat
on it. I feel roast prime rib just doesn`t have such great flavour
unless it has cooked with the fat attached - that`s not saying you
have to eat it, but cook it with the fat.