Long back bacon, thinly sliced for grilling or frying; short back is the best cut for rashers; back and ribs make good joints for boiling or braising and lean rashers for grilling or frying; top back is good for boiling or braising, and also makes good lean rashers. If the cut called “back bacon” is not cured it provides pork loin or shoulder chops.
Connective tissue found in the neck region of beef, lamb and veal. It lies along each side of the backbone. That of deer or venison is particularly known.
Bacon is the cured loin, most often from the sides and back of the pig, which has been salted, either using dry salt or brine, dried, steamed and smoked. Some bacons, eg pancetta, are made from the belly of the animal. such as honey, sugar, or fruits may be added, in which case the result will be referred to as 'sugar-cured', honey cured' etc.
A pig bred for providing a high yield of back bacon, weighing between 83 and 101 kg (182 and 222 lb).