When buying pork, which four parts should you identify so that the meat is tender and fragrant, and the butcher can't fool you?

"Buy pork, the old butcher said to find four parts, tender and fragrant, the butcher can't cheat! 』

There is a saying in the countryside that "rich people can kill pigs for the New Year". People can't have a New Year's Eve without pork. Although the price of meat has been high in recent years, it can't stop people from loving pork. Beef and chicken are not comparable.

By the end of the year, people began to buy pork in large quantities, which was in short supply, so the price of meat rose again. My family has broken through the 30 yuan mark. The price of meat is so expensive, you must choose the part with good taste and good smell, otherwise the money will be wasted. Pork has more than a dozen parts. Which parts are delicious?

The old butcher said that it was right to buy these four servings of pork, which was tender and fragrant, and there were many ways to do it. Butchers don't fool people.

Four pieces of the most delicious pork

1, pork belly

Pork belly is fat and thin, multi-layered, soft but not greasy, and many people like it. But many people don't know that the next pork belly is the authentic pork belly, with at least 5 layers, the better one has 7 layers, and it is said that the best one has as many as 10 layers.

The so-called "fine pork belly" in the supermarket is actually pork belly, and the price is often expensive 1~2 yuan. Because the pork belly has distinct layers and uniform thickness, the butcher can't fool you with other meats and say that he wants to buy "pork belly" or "three layers of meat", so the butcher will know that you are an expert.

2. Ridge

The tenderloin, also known as the small tenderloin, is a muscle on the inner side of the spine, which usually exercises less, so this part of the meat is very tender and has almost no fat. It is the most tender piece of meat on a pig, but a pig has only two tenderloins, which is relatively rare.

3, front leg meat

The front leg meat, also called sandwich meat, crevice meat and front sandwich, is the upper part of the pig's front leg. Half fat and half thin, the meat is older. There are many fascias, which have strong water absorption capacity. Therefore, it is most appropriate to buy it home and chop it to make stuffing. You can fry meatballs, meat buns, jiaozi and so on. Fat but not greasy.

Front leg meat is cost-effective. Tell the butcher to buy "sandwich meat" and he won't dare to fool you.

4. Plum blossom meat

Plum blossom meat is the upper shoulder meat of pigs, with 90% lean meat in cross section and many thin fat filaments in the middle, forming a delicious plum blossom pattern, so it is called plum blossom meat.

This piece of meat is tender, fragrant but not greasy, and its taste will not get old after being cooked for a long time, but a pig is only 5-6 kg and about 20 cm long, so it may not be available, so it is best to make a reservation with the butcher in advance if you want to buy it. Plum blossom meat has a special plum pattern, and the butcher can't fool it.

When buying pork in the New Year, you should look for these four parts to ensure that it is delicious and delicious, no matter how it is cooked.

No matter which part you buy, you must buy fresh meat. Let's talk about how to distinguish fresh meat.

have a look at

If it is fresh pork, the color is very bright, pink or bright red, and the color is the same under different illumination, indicating freshness. If the color is dark, it may not be fresh meat.

Touch it

The surface of fresh meat is relatively dry, with no water drops and no mucus. The meat is firm and elastic, and will recover immediately after being pressed by hand. If the elasticity is poor, the meat will not be fresh.

smell

Fresh meat has a faint smell of blood. If the smell of blood is strong, it may be hot fresh meat, that is, the pork that is sold now. If you smell sour, smelly and irritating, it is not fresh pork.

Through these three tricks, we can quickly distinguish between fresh pork and spoiled pork without buying it wrong.