Fatback is a layer of subcutaneous fat taken from under the skin of the back of a domestic pig, with or without the skin (referred to as pork rind).
Fatback is a layer of subcutaneous fat taken from under the skin of the back of a domestic pig, with or without the skin (referred to as pork rind).
Fatback is a preferred fat for various forms of charcuterie, particularly sausages and forcemeat such as quenelles. It is also used to add moisture and richness to pork based dishes. Fatback can be rendered into lard or salt-cured as salo . [1]
The 1954 rhythm and blues song "Fat Back and Corn Liquor" was written by Louisiana songwriter Rudy Toombs and sung by Louis Jordan. It was released by Aladdin Records as the A side of a ten-inch 78rpm record. [2]
Hunter S. Thompson includes a mention of fatback in his book Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. In the chapter "April", Thompson mentions in the footnotes: "It was sometime after midnight in a ratty hotel room and my memory of the conversation is hazy, due to massive ingestion of booze, fatback, and forty cc's of adrenochrome."
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