> 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.
>
> 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. Maybe what you have is a pork *tenderloin*, a whole
> nother
> thingie.
>
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I think you'll find that when you defrost it, it's folded in half. A whole
boneless pork loin is at least 20" long!!
Bill