Pork tail

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Fried pig tail
Cuts of pork including #14, pig tail, are pictured

Pig tail, also referred to as pigtail and pork tail, are the tails from a pig used as a food ingredient in many cuisines.[1][2][3][4] Pig tails can be smoked,[5] fried,[6] or roasted in barbecue sauce.

Tail of a Linderödssvin

They are also brine cured or used as jelly stock for

kalalloo
.

In the Caribbean salted pig tails are used. In Puerto Rico, pig tails are eaten raw in sandwiches; after being cleansed it is microwaved, for about thirty seconds, and eaten with cheese, mustard, and mayom usually on a ciabatta roll. In Guadeloupe pig tail is used to flavor stews and soups.[8]

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