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lovelady
True Blue Farmgirl
533 Posts
Toni
Indiana
USA
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 Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 4:46:09 PM
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The other day my husband brought home a bag of frozen meat from his mother who was apperently cleaning out her freezer. I guess she decided it was time to get rid of the odd cuts by sneaking them home with my husband who doesn't know any better. She sent some pork from a pig they had butchered earlier in the year, and one package is simply labeled "porketta". I have googled porketta and from most things I have seen, it is an Italian spiced pork dish, generally made from boneless pork roast. This package is fairly small, so it is not a roast. I tried opening some of the butcher paper to take a look, but it is not easily ID'd in its frozen state. It almost looks like a package of boneless ribs. Anyone have any ideas as to what it could be, or what could be done with it?
Then there is the backbone. Yeah, I said backbone. I have a few packages of this, but I really don't think that it is something I want to try to salvage. It just sounds wrong. Any suggestions?
How about "ends"? Sounds delicious, doesn't it? I think that this is ends of a ham. I have a couple packages of this, too. If it is ends of a cured ham, do you think it could be used for something like adding flavor to a pot of beans?
On to the soup bones. I am actually kinda excited about having these, so I can make my own beef stock, but I need a little direction. Should I just dump them in a pot with a bunch of aromatic veggies and simmer for a while? I read somewhere about a person roasting them in the oven before making her stock. Does this sound like a waste of time, or would it add a greater depth of flavor? |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2899 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 5:07:18 PM
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Hey Toni
If you have a pressure cooker, you can cook meat in those to the point that it softens up extra nice. If you are not comfortable eating some of the meat, & you have dogs, you can actually pressure cook extra long & the bones will become soft & can be mashed. Dogs love this stuff & no harm of them choking on bones. Just pressure cook extra long w/plenty of water.
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Porketta and other mystery meat
