Donald Trumpâs Pledge to Defend Article XII of Constitution Raises Eyebrows. To the list of eyebrow-raising moments at meetings between presumed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and congressional Republicans on Thursday add this: an exchange about the U.S. Constitution. At a closed-door meeting with House Republicans, Mr. Trump took a question about the U.S. Constitution.
If you get it whole, pork belly is one big, long cut of meat, weighing up to 12 pounds. Think of it as a big slab of bacon. You can actually buy pork belly to make your bacon. Once you brine or cure it, and smoke it, it becomes bacon. But the pork belly you are seeing on menus and in food magazines is different.
Select fresh, center-cut pork belly that is as lean as possible. Like bacon, pork belly contains three textures: thin skin, thick strips of fat, and streaks of meat. Bacon is pork belly that has been smoked and cured. Slow cook pork belly by braising, slow-roasting or stewing it. These cooking methods increase the tenderness by breaking down the fat and collagen.