Pork Cuts: Where they come from and how to cook them
Different parts of the world use different terms for meat. It can be confusing when you go to the store, or read a Canadian grocery store advertisement or weekly flyer for a cut of meat, research it on the internet and find conflicting terms. Even more conflicting is when you go to the Chinese grocery store and find the Chinese name that may or may not correlate with the English name. You can see these terms in the weekly Chinese grocery ads. Such is life living in Toronto, Canada, in a large Chinese community.
The local Chinese grocery store had a sale on pork chops. Since we have never been big meat eaters, it was with some trepidation that I bought some to try, then went home to research the best way to cook it. Little did I know that there are different types of pork chop, and not all are equal. We also did not have them cut it into slices, so I brought home a somewhat square cut of meat. The result was pretty delicious but way too much meat for our family.
