I’m starting to realise that since I started trying to improve my cooking game my father started to drop by suspiciously more frequently at launch time.

So today I made this bourguignon style pork cheeks with puréed potatoes and snow peas and green asparagus.

It was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone :)

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[–] 2 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

What’s the recipe, what are pork cheeks, and where does one obtain said pork cheeks?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

    Pork cheeks are literally the cheeks of a pig. Obtain from a butcher.

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  • [–] 1 point 39 minutes ago (1 child)

    Are we talking cheeks the old fashioned term, or cheeks in the common vernacular.

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  • [–] 1 point 20 minutes ago

    The facial cheeks.

    Interestingly the meaning of "cheek" to mean buttock seems to be a play on words - Chaucer describes Samson as having "no wepen but an asses' cheek" - because at the time (1400) - the word cheek meant face, jaw and chin interchangeably.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 hours ago

    We get ours from a butcher in the UK, and we also get cows cheek.

    I’ve done pork cheek curry as they really suit a slow cook so as you eat them they just fall apart.

    Cows cheek makes brilliant bolognaise or chilli, again cooked slowly and they just fall apart.

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