Do any of you know Duroc bone-in pork chops?

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CathyZ

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If you can find them, even though they are very expensive ($8/each- a total of 3.3 lbs for 4 chops for the ones I got) try them. they taste like "real" pork chops! I may never be able to go back to the bargain Costco chops. These Duroc chops are a real throwback to when pork tasted better. A friend brings them to me frozen when he goes to CA (these came from the Irvine Ranch Market in Costa Mesa). A wash of low sodium soy sauce and a sprinkle of granulated garlic and pepper is all they get before going on the grill. Absolutely the best chops I've ever had. I've gotten them several times for the last year.

Here is what the ones I get look like- they are long bone chops

not traditionally-cut chops.

http://empirefish.com/product-listing/pork-loin-rib-chop-long-bone-duroc-not-frenched-1410a-all/

 
I love how you can appreciate a good pork chop. I have found that they have really lost their taste

recently. I can get the texture, but un enamored with the taste. Hide it with marinade or condiments. Thanks for the tip on Duroc.

 
I checked at the two large supermarket chains I shopped at...

on Monday and neither one had them. I will have to check with my German butcher to see if they carry it. They do local organic pasture animals from local farms, so if it isn't being raised in this region, they won't have it either.

 
Update: I found a local source

There is a farm about 10 miles from me raising grass pasture free-range pork with Duroc and Berkshire hogs.

Place the order with the farm and its available for pickup a few days later. Here are the prices just FYI:

Shoulder Roast $7/lb (~$21/each)

Bacon $13/lb, 1 lb packages

Ribs $5.25/lb (~$11/each)

Salt and Pepper Sausage $7/lb, 1 lb pkgs

Pork Chops $9.50/lb (~$11/each) 2 per pkg

Breakfast Sausage Links $8/lb. 1 lb pkgs

Ham $7/lb, about 10 lbs., or ham steaks at 1lb./package (~$70 each, $7 each)

Pork Pack Options (please indicate which package on the form below)

You can commit to spending the following amounts on pork to store in your freezer. The following are rough breakdowns of what each pack will include. The more you buy the cheaper it is!

Mini ~$90-$110 2-1 lb. pkgs pork chops, 2- 1 lb. packages bacon, 2- 1 lb. packages of ham steaks, 2 lb. sausage, 1- 3.5 lb roast. $3 will be taken off your bill at the end, about $.30/lb off retail.

Quarter ~$215-$290 4-1 lb packages of chops, 1 package ribs, 4- 1lb. packages bacon, 1- 9lb. ham or 6- 1lb. packages of ham steaks, 6- l lb. packages sausage, 3 – 3.5 lb roasts. $10 will be taken off your bill at the end, $.30/lb off retail

Half ~$450-$550 8- 1 lb. packages chops, 2 packages ribs, 8- 1 lb. packages bacon, total of 12 pounds ham in the form of steaks or whole ham or a combination, 12-1lb packages sausage, 6-3.5 lb roasts $20 will be taken off your bill at the end, a $.30/lb discount off retail

Whole ~$950-$1050 16- 1lb. packages chops, 4 packages ribs, 16- 1lb. packages of bacon, 24 total pounds of ham in the form of whole hams or steaks or combination, 24 lbs sausage, 12-3.5 lb roasts. $65 will be taken off of your bill at the end, a $.50/lb discount off retail. Factoring in CSA “extra” credits on a super share and this discount, the meat price in actual dollars averages out to roughly 6$/lb for all cuts.

 
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