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(PENMART01) wrote:

> Melba's Jammin'

> >You kidding me? The thing was 2-1/2 feet LONG ferchrissake. Whole,
> >it's food for 20 people at least.
> >mumblemumblethesepeoplearenutsmumblemumble
>
> Methinks you exaggerate, your 8 1/4lb pork roast after cooking would
> would 'bout 5lbs, would just about feed 10, and not very big eaters.

Phooey, hooey, and ptooey!

> You must have some odd piggies in MN, or your butcher royally screwed
> you. I looked in my freezer for the center cut boneless pork loin I
> just bought last weeks shopping... you had me second guessing
> myself... sure enough, it weighs 5.88lbs, priced $2.99/lb, cost
> $17.58. Got out my trusty tape measure to be exact... my pork is 9
> inches long X 4 1/2 inches diameter... (what a coincidence! hehe).
> Your 8 1/4 pound boneless pork loin couldn't be more than 12 inches
> long.

Bullshit. I'll give you 6". It was two feet long. I am *really* sorry
I didn't photograph it -- it had crossed my mind.

Maybe what you have is a pork *tenderloin*, a whole nother
thingie.

Definitely not the tenderloin.
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