The modern packing house : $b A complete treatise on the design, construction, equipment and operation of meat packing houses, according to present American praactice, including methods of converting by-products into commercial articlesWilder, F. W. (Fred William)
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The modern packing house : $b A complete treatise on the design, construction, equipment and operation of meat packing houses, according to present American praactice, including methods of converting by-products into commercial articles
Wilder, F. W. (Fred William)
Packing-houses
_Short Clear Backs._--These are “made from the sides of smooth hogs
from which the bellies have been cut, back-bone and ribs taken out and
the lean left on, tail-bone sawed off even with the face of the meat,
and trimmed smooth and square on all edges.” They are cut from medium
and heavy packing hogs. The weights run from 16 to 40 pounds. “English”
Short Clear Backs are lighter than regulars, averaging 10 to 20
pounds, and are shorter at the butt end, being cut off in front of the
hip-bone. Pickled Clear Backs are short clear backs of light weight and
lean quality. They weigh 6 to 10 pounds and are sweet-pickled, smoked,
and sold as “Loin Back Bacon” or “Breakfast Bacon Backs.”
_Short Fat Backs._--These are “made from the sides of heavy,
well-fatted hogs from which the bellies have been cut, back-bone and
ribs taken out and all the lean taken off, to be trimmed smoothly and
properly squared on all the edges.” It is made from packing and loin
hogs when cutting pork loins, and is usually quoted as a dry-salt cut
in 8 to 20 pound averages.
Export Short Fat Backs have the blade-bone taken out, are more closely
trimmed and squared than domestic fat backs and are made principally in
heavy averages, 16 to 40 pounds. Paprika Fat Backs are thin, light fat
backs, weighing 4 to 8 pounds.
_Long Fat Backs._--These consist of “the upper half of the side cut
through the center of the ribs from the ham to and including the
shoulder, with the loin and blade-bone taken out, trimmed smoothly and
squared on all edges.” It is a dry-salt cut, not as commonly made as
formerly and used only for export trade.
=Loins.=--Loins, consisting of the back with the fat trimmed off, are
sold either as Regular Pork Loins or as Loin Rolls.
_Pork Loins._--These are made from sides of loin hogs, with the belly
and back-fat cut off; they contain the back-bone, back-ribs and
tenderloins, and have but a small amount of fat (one-fourth to one-half
inch) on the outside. The weights of regular pork loins are 8 to 18
pounds and the price usually varies inversely with the weight. 14
pounds is the heaviest average generally used for fresh trade. Extra or
Long Pork Loins include, in addition to the regular loin, the top or
lean cut of the shoulder, but this cut is seldom made.
Tenderloins consist of short round muscles lying underneath and on each
side of the back-bone; they are attached to the “slip-bone” and extend
from the loin butt almost to the last rib. They weigh one-fourth to one
pound each, but those weighing three-fourths pound or over are most
extensively used. They are cut from hogs that are too heavy and rough
to yield regular pork loins, and from which short ribs, mess pork and
boneless loins are made.
_Loin Rolls._--These are made from heavy loins (15 to 22 pounds) by
boning them completely.
=Shoulders.=--The standard grades are Rough, Regular, Picnic, New York
Cut, Skinned, Square, New Orleans Cut and Boneless Rolled Shoulders.
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