Salt Pork

Salt pork is one of the world’s great seasoning meats and is often used in such dishes as Boston baked beans and hoppin’ John as well as in fish chowders. It can be made from side meat or from fatback. The jowls are also used, and these are traditionally eaten on New Year’s Day in some areas. I prefer to use a good cut of side meat so that it will have a lot of lean meat along with the fat. In fact, I consider the whole side of pork to be salt pork if it is cured and not sm