salt pork

noun

: fat pork cured in salt or brine

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Tending embers atop a pit full of beach stones, Velasquez layered on fava pods wrapped in rhubarb leaves, chicken, salt pork, andouille, potatoes, mussels, clams, and potato bread called chapaleles, and covered it all with tarps. Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2024 Food Budget Today: Spends fifteen per cent of his income on Muscle Milk protein shakes and global delicacies that are delivered straight to his door by Uber Eats. 1884: Spends fifty per cent of his income on biscuits, cabbage, and salt pork—local, organic, and absolutely delicious! Alex Baia, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024 Put salt pork on top. Owen Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2022 Top with the remaining half of the salt pork. Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 5 Aug. 2020 See all Example Sentences for salt pork 

Word History

First Known Use

1708, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of salt pork was in 1708

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“Salt pork.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salt%20pork. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.

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