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Philippine tocino. Tocino is bacon in Spanish, [1] typically made from the pork belly and often formed into cubes in Spain. In Caribbean countries, such as Puerto Rico and Cuba, tocino is made from pork fatback and is neither cured nor smoked but simply fried until very crunchy; it is then added to recipes, much like the way lardons are used in French cuisine.
Spam (stylized in all-caps) is a brand of processed canned pork and ham made by Hormel Foods Corporation, an American multinational food processing company.It was introduced in the United States in 1937 and gained popularity worldwide after its use during World War II. [1]
Peameal bacon is a type of unsmoked back bacon. It is made from centre-cut pork loin, trimmed of fat, wet-cured in a salt-and-sugar brine and rolled in cornmeal. [5] It can be sliced and cooked on a grill, griddled or fried; alternately, it can be roasted, then sliced and served. [6] The brining process makes it nearly impossible to overcook. [7]
Bacon is a type of salt-cured pork [1] made from various cuts, typically the belly or less fatty parts of the back. It is eaten as a side dish (particularly in breakfasts), used as a central ingredient (e.g., the BLT sandwich), or as a flavouring or accent.
Turkey bacon cooking in skillet. Turkey bacon can be cooked by pan-frying or deep-frying. [1] Cured turkey bacon made from dark meat can be 90% fat free. [2] It can be used in the same manner as bacon (such as in a BLT sandwich), [1] but the low fat content of turkey bacon means it does not shrink while being cooked and has a tendency to stick to the pan, thus making deep-frying a faster and ...
Pork belly is used to make red braised pork belly (紅燒肉) and Dongpo pork [3] (東坡肉) in China (sweet and sour pork is made with pork fillet). In Guangdong, a variant called crispy pork belly (脆皮燒肉) is also popular. The pork is cooked and grilled for a crispy skin. [4] Pork belly is also one of the common meats used in char siu.
The tables below include tabular lists for selected basic foods, compiled from United States Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) sources. Included for each food is its weight in grams, its calories, and (also in grams,) the amount of protein, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, fat, and saturated fat. [1] As foods vary by brands and stores, the figures ...
Salo or slanina[a] is a European food consisting of salt-cured slabs of pork subcutaneous fat with or without skin and with or without layers of meat. It is commonly eaten and known under different names across Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. It is usually dry salt or brine cured. The East Slavic, Hungarian and Romanian variety may ...