Case of Pork Bellies

that is a great price!!!! I give 1.99/lb for mine, if I'm lucky, without skin.

I think I heard sale mentioned in the background when i called about them this morning. Even 1.99 would be a great price for us here in NJ. The local butcher is a lot more $$.

the bellies I got today were the freshest ever. Dark Red meat, over three inches thick in some places and very soft. Lots of lean. The poor guy who bought the ribs from these hogs must have got some shiners, as I got all the meat on the bellies. The rind was on and very thin. I also noticed there was no teats on the rind, which I've seen before on bellies. I wonder if this means they were from boars, or just young pigs who had not yet given birth. They each weighed between 11 and 13 pounds and I got seven of them.

Chaplain Bill, where did you get them?

My first hole belly was 17 pounds. The ones in the box from RD averaged between 8.7 and 10.

Maybe yours were from young pigs if they were whole, I know that all of mine were cut in half down the middle length wise. Yours sounds like some of mine, pieces of nice dark meat in some places. I was impressed and will continue to get the cases this way.

I got them at a butcher shop by Chester, SC.