Loin clear pork is “made from the sides of medium-weight packing hogs, the loin, back-bone and back ribs being removed and belly ribs left in.” It consists of extra short ribs cut into strips, and is also known as long-cut clear pork. The pieces average five inches in width.
Belly Pork.
—Regular belly pork consists of heavy, fat rib bellies cut into five-inch widths and packed as plain-pickled pork in barrels of fifty to sixty pieces. This pork is made from the same grade of bellies as dry-salt rib bellies.
Brisket pork rib is made by cutting a five-inch strip from the brisket end of heavy rib bellies (fourteen to twenty pounds average) and packing like other barreled pork. The pieces average about four pounds each. This cut is made only when it is desired to reduce the weight of heavy bellies. Clear brisket pork is made in the same manner as the above except the pieces are cut from clear bellies. Fancy clear pork is a strip cut from the brisket end of fancy breakfast bacon bellies, averaging one to one and one-half pounds per piece.
Lean belly pork consists of lean clear bellies, thirteen to fifteen pounds average, cut into three pieces each and barreled in plain pickle.
Back Pork.
—Regular back pork (short cut mess, or family back pork) is “made from the backs of well-fatted hogs, after bellies have been taken off, cut into pieces of about six pounds each, and in all other respects to be cut, selected and packed in the same manner as mess pork.” This cut contains the loin, back-bone and back ribs, with tenderloin out, and the pieces are cut six inches wide, averaging four to six pounds.
Clear back pork is “made from the backs of heavy, well-fatted hogs, after bellies have been taken off, and back-bone and ribs taken out, cut into pieces of about six pounds each, and in all other respects to be packed in the same manner as mess pork.” In other words, it consists of short clear backs cut into strips about six inches wide, and is the same as regular back pork with the rib removed. It is sometimes called loin clear pork. The pieces average two to seven pounds.
Fat back pork or short cut clear pork is made from short fat backs by cutting them into five-inch strips. The pieces average from two to seven pounds and are packed like mess pork.
Ham butt pork (loin end or rump pork) consists of triangular pieces cut from the ham end of short clear backs or sides and includes a portion of the tail-bone. It is made when cutting short-cut harps and “English” sides, or when it is desired to reduce the weight of heavy sides or backs. It is packed in barrels, the pieces averaging three to four pounds.