From the source for any wisdom of significance, the Bottle Rockets message board.
(In case you don’t know, the Brox are a Festus/St. Louis rock-n-roll outfit.)
Kirbie:
Ok. I think this is a snark hunt of sorts. I don’t think there is any special ingredients to a Missouri pork chop sandwich–I think it’s just a pork chop raised in Missouri, on bread. They could have just said ‘pork chop sandwich‘ and probably described the product accurately. I have never seen a concessionaire in Missouri displaying any significance to Missouri pork chops: usually around here, concessionaires sell pork tenderloins, fritters, or occasionally bbq pork loin.
In context with Farm Aid though, there is a significance to Missouri pork products, via Patchwork Farms. Patchwork Farms is right up Farm Aid’s alley with their essentially (nearly) organic, non-cruelty raised, environmentally low impact etc. small farm practices. No special sauce, as far as I know. But a Patchwork pork chop really is special and worth the extra money, and it comes from Missouri.
And Kirbie’s previous post:
A pork chop is a chop of pork.
Wikipedia sez:
“The center cut or pork loin chop includes a large T shaped bone, and is structurally similar to the beef t-bone steak. Rib chops come from the rib portion of the loin, and are similar to rib eye steaks. Blade or shoulder chops are cut from the shoulder end of the loin, and tend to contain large amounts of connective tissue. The sirloin chop is taken from the (rear) leg end and also contains a large amount of connective tissue.”
Center cut chops are the only way to go. Nice n thick for the grill with a wicked dry rub and you got it goin on man.
Patchwork Farms is a consortium of high quality pork farmers here in missouri. It is sort of a regional stamp of excellence: high quality feeds, low confinement, low chemical/antibiotic raised oinkers, that sort of thing. We take our pig seriously around here!
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