Swine Is Fine All the Time

All right, everyone. It’s time to give up the ghost of holiday gift giving and concentrate on feeding yourself and your loved ones. What all of us like to eat at Serious Eats is swine in all its glorious forms. These great purveyors will satisfy anyone’s desire for a serious pork fix any time of the day or night.

BACON from Allen Benton
Allen Benton makes some of the greatest bacon you’ve ever tasted. It’s meaty, smoky, and has the perfect fat-to-meat ratio. Phone: 423-442-5003. $18 plus shipping.

SOPPRESSATA from Paul Bertolli

framani.com.

JAMON IBERICA BELLOTTA from Tienda.com

bellota is Spanish for "acorn"). Finally, after years of keeping this serious pig out of the country, the feds are allowing us to eat this ham in the States. Tienda.com is now taking orders for bone-in Iberico bellota hams for winter 2008 delivery. At $79 a pound and with an average weight of 15 pounds, an order will set you back about $1,200 (price is determined on final weighing). If you have the means, you won't regret it. This is ham as God would make it—sweet, just marbled enough, and fantastically porky. tienda.com, $199 deposit on $1,200 approximate total, plus shipping.

PORK ROASTS from Flying Pigs Farm

flyingpigsfarm.com, center cut loin roast, $15 a pound plus shipping.

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