fatbacks
Salted pig slabs
Fatbacks is the plural of fatback, a cut of pork from the back of a pig consisting mainly of fat with little or no meat.
It's used to flavor dishes, particularly in Southern American cooking: She added fatbacks to the pot of greens.
Fatback is also rendered into lard or sliced thin as a wrapping for lean meats.
Brined fatty pork
- cured meatSalt-preserved animal protein
- lardClarified pork fat
- baconCured smoked pork
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
cracklins · smoked meat · chitlins · soul food · Southern cooking · collard greens · black-eyed peas · seasoning
Oily Atlantic baitfish
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- pogiesHandlebar-mounted hand warmers
- baitfishSmall prey fish for angling
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
oily fish · chum · fish oil · commercial fishing · Chesapeake Bay · forage fish · omega-3 · fertilizer
salt pork
Brined fatty pork
- cured meatSalt-preserved animal protein
- lardClarified pork fat
- baconCured smoked pork
rendering · cracklins · smoked meat · chitlins · soul food · Southern cooking · collard greens · black-eyed peas · seasoning · beans
menhaden
Oily Atlantic baitfish
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- pogiesHandlebar-mounted hand warmers
- baitfishSmall prey fish for angling
Atlantic · oily fish · chum · fish oil · commercial fishing · Chesapeake Bay · forage fish · omega-3 · fertilizer · fish meal
fatbackslean meat
Flesh with little fat
tenderloin · pork loin · filet mignon · chicken breast · sirloin
fatbacksprime cuts
Best portions of meat
filet mignon · tenderloin · pork chops · choice cuts · prosciutto