to think pork belly squares sounds utterly revolting|?

[emkana]

In the M & S advert

scratchings are the canape du jour
have been offered them in 4 london boroughs so far this year
not out of packet from pub mind you, as all their local pubs converted to overpriced starter flats
probably made from sheets of pork belly.
or bought from m&s, having read this.

does not go well with home made egg nog

i can remember being made to eat ppork belly growning up, the day i found a nipple in my roast dinner put me off for life.

YANBU, I thought exactly the same.

Mmmmmmm, steaky bacon. Can someone please manufacture this?

U U U U! Pork belly is the bollocks!

Mmmmmmm, pork bollocks.

I've had pork belly in an expensive restaurant, was a set meal, I thought it was disgusting then and would never eat it again.

I eat bacon, pork and ham but have had a kind of vapour thing off all, that tastes, hmm, well piggy! I cannot eat it like that.

No no no. Pork belly isn't actually bollocks, it's the bollocks!

Pork belly is beautiful. It's layers of fat and meat. When it's cooked, slowly, the fat renders off, leaving lovely, tender meat.

It is often cooked with the skin, which will go crispy - a bit like crackling.

Pork scratchings are made entirely from the skin - it's roasted skin and fat that goes crispy.

Both are lovely in their own way!

But pork belly, either in a piece or in squares, is fabulous. The Chinese cook it particularly well.

TThose pork belly squares look like they contain a thck layer of fat. yuck

Fat, for all those of you who are crying 'yuck', is what give meat its lovely soft texture and fantastic flavour!

Pork belly is gorgeous if cooked right,the fat is cooked so it's crisp, amongst layers of pork meat. If you like pork and crackling you'll like it!

I can't believe in this country we go yuk at pork belly but yum at sausages, does anyone think about what's in sausages, even the best ones. 90% meat is 90% of any part of the animal including belly if your lucky, eyes and ears and toenails if your not

I can't hear the words Pork Belly without thinking of the film Trading Places, that's what they sell on the stockmarket!

The dessert sandwiches are always "reduced for quick sale" in the M&S food on our high street in the evenings, i.e. no-one's daft enough to buy them!

I hate that advert

Pork belly is yum, but do I want it cold on a stick? Noooo.

The squares me think they are supposed to be skewered with cheese and pineapple...

i hate those adds, they should have got kerry katona and jason donavan

Skewered on cocktail sticks?

They just look like big lumps of fat. I can't imagine how that could taste nice.

I have said M&S pork belly squares in my fridge right now. I love pork belly. Cooked properly it is divine. The fat renders down leaving melt in the mouth tender meat and crispy crackling.

Sorry BIWI - just realised I've repeated everything you've said!

pmsl @ the low-carbers piling on saying how gorge the high fat stuff is! :o (It is, of course... just not sure I want it cold on a cocktail stick at a party)

I went into M&S last week to see what they had in the way of party food, kind of a reconnaissance (sp?) mission before I go and spend actual money, and it all looked viler than a vile thing covered in sick.

I may have to go to ...Iceland... at least their party food looks vaguely edible!

Why didn't my italicising work? grr

blurgh at the nipple!

What are pork belly squares?

We have pork belly regularly - it is delicious - but I have no idea what pb squares are.