Pork cut: where it is, price, recipes
Pig tail
A few vertebrae wrapped in skin and fat. Long dropped into the stockpot for body, pig tails also get glazed and grilled, crisp outside and soft against the bone, from Southern barbecue to Caribbean stews.
- Stewed
- Grilled
- Braised
$3/ lb
- In French
- Queue de porc
- Where it sits
- Tail. A pig's tail carries almost no meat, but enough collagen to set a broth.
- Tenderness
- 1/5
- Flavor
- 4/5
- Marbling
- 4/5
- Price
- $3 / lb ·
- Actual size
- ~25 cm
