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han said:
Don't mention the 'T' word! [emoji15] [emoji12]
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According to this review, Brixton remains immature unless it "learns to love" this particular "affordable" restaurant.
But what he calls the "quiet infusion of Parisian Bistronomique sensibility" into London is exemplified by this wonderful opening. Just as Tony Blair said his project would be complete when Labour had learned to love Peter Mandelson, so Brixton will only reach something like full maturity when it learns to love Naughty Piglets.
Naughty Piglets, restaurant review: Ignore the cries of gentrification
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:facepalm: :rolleyes:
 
Went to Cabana for dinner last night, violently sick from midnight onwards. Obviously linking the two although struggling to understand what would have caused a bout of food poisoning. Shame as the staff were really lovely :-(
 
bimble said:
I got given pork belly for the first time the other night and bloody hell that's disgusting. How can anyone like that? It's just a lump of quivering fat with a crust on top.
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Depends how it's cooked. Slow-roasting or casseroling at low to medium heat dissolves most of the fat, and moistens the flesh beautifully, IME. Have tried it grilled or fried, but find it chewy and bland.
 
bimble said:
I got given pork belly for the first time the other night and bloody hell that's disgusting. How can anyone like that? It's just a lump of quivering fat with a crust on top.
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It sounds to me as if the cook and/or the food were sub-standard. Pork belly really is rather delicious and should never feel or taste unappealing to anyone who likes meat.
 
Why is it, whenever you read a piece on how the stock markets operate, they always seem to talk about the price of pork bellies? Apart from this thread now, that's the only time I've heard this culinary item discussed.
 
isvicthere? said:
Why is it, whenever you read a piece on how the stock markets operate, they always seem to talk about the price of pork bellies? Apart from this thread now, that's the only time I've heard this culinary item discussed.
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I thought you were joking when I saw that but no, wikipedia says you're right, the pork belly is a very important commodity because it freezes well (?)

Pork belly futures
The pork belly futures contract became an icon of futures and commodities trading. It is frequently used as a pars pro toto for commodities in general ... Inaugurated on August 18, 1961 on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), frozen pork belly futures were developed as a risk management device to meet the needs of meat packers who processed pork and had to contend with volatile hog prices, as well as price risks on processed products held in inventory. .. Pork bellies can be kept in cold storage for an extended period of time, and generally it was the frozen bellies that were most actively traded. Spot prices vary depending on the amount of inventory in cold storage and the seasonal demand for bacon as well as the origin of the pork; in the past, the former drove the prices of the futures as well."
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& this explains the relationship between pork bellies & the growth of the railways :)
Commodities: Pork Bellies | Investopedia

Still disgusting though.
 
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T & P said:
It sounds to me as if the cook and/or the food were sub-standard. Pork belly really is rather delicious and should never feel or taste unappealing to anyone who likes meat.
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The fat has a different taste and texture to meat so of course some people just won't like it.
 
quimcunx said:
The fat has a different taste and texture to meat so of course some people just won't like it.
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Yeah but I know what T&P means. First couple of times I had it it was truly gopping. It is one of those food types which suffers particularly badly from bad cooking.
 
TBF my comment was slightly tongue in cheek. it can also be a case of someone simply not liking pork belly of course. Eating meat does not mean liking all meat. I fucking hate liver, for instance...
 
T & P said:
TBF my comment was slightly tongue in cheek. it can also be a case of someone simply not liking pork belly of course. Eating meat does not mean liking all meat. I fucking hate liver, for instance...
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But it's true!

Not a fan of giblets and organs myself. Nor tongue in cheek.
 
isvicthere? said:
Why is it, whenever you read a piece on how the stock markets operate, they always seem to talk about the price of pork bellies? Apart from this thread now, that's the only time I've heard this culinary item discussed.
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Way behind the times Vic on slow-cooked pork. A few years ago it was just about the cheapest cut of meat you could get but Jamie Oliver featured a recipe on his show and the price of pork belly went up in supermarkets.
 
twistedAM said:
Way behind the times Vic on slow-cooked pork. A few years ago it was just about the cheapest cut of meat you could get but Jamie Oliver featured a recipe on his show and the price of pork belly went up in supermarkets.
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Feeding a large group we usually go for pork because of the price
 
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