# I just bought 5 lb of caul fat at $2/lb! In NYC! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-5-lb-of-caul-fat-at-2-lb-in-nyc/672250 "2013-10-25T22:03:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-5-lb-of-caul-fat-at-2-lb-in-nyc/672250/1 "2013-10-25T22:03:31Z")
See subject. I told the girl who sold it to me that I would put this on the Internet because only there would be the remotest chance that someone could be found who could properly appreciate the event in all its profundity. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-5-lb-of-caul-fat-at-2-lb-in-nyc/672250/2 "2013-10-25T22:18:04Z")
What are you going to do with it? Did you get pig, cow, or sheep fat? This really belongs in CS where you’ll probably find great recipes. I have none, never used it myself, but I’ve had dishes prepared with it. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-5-lb-of-caul-fat-at-2-lb-in-nyc/672250/3 "2013-10-25T22:45:11Z")
I have a buddy in NYC who would probably be very interested in this! Hell, I would be if I could easily get there to indulge. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-5-lb-of-caul-fat-at-2-lb-in-nyc/672250/4 "2013-10-25T23:32:43Z")
Mama mia, that’ll wrap a lot of meatballs. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-5-lb-of-caul-fat-at-2-lb-in-nyc/672250/5 "2013-10-26T00:40:24Z")
I take it that is a good price? What does it normally run? ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-5-lb-of-caul-fat-at-2-lb-in-nyc/672250/6 "2013-10-27T02:03:18Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > I take it that is a good price? What does it normally run? You folks are showing off! How many people know what “caul fat” is? 🙂 (I had to look it up…) It has been a good day-I learned something. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-5-lb-of-caul-fat-at-2-lb-in-nyc/672250/7 "2013-10-27T02:11:48Z")
I read this as “5 lb of cauliflower” twice and it did not seem like a good deal. Then I opened the thread and realized that was not what you’d purchased. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-5-lb-of-caul-fat-at-2-lb-in-nyc/672250/8 "2013-10-27T02:16:11Z")
You are a fortunate man indeed! I got the Japanese grocery by me (Mitsuwa) to give me their beef tallow for free for years. Then they figured out people wanted it ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-5-lb-of-caul-fat-at-2-lb-in-nyc/672250/9 "2013-10-27T16:25:13Z")
Just looked it up, and I thought a caul was a membrane which covered the **face** of a baby (or, I guess, calf or whatever) at birth. Seventh son, born under a caul, mystic powers, &c. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-5-lb-of-caul-fat-at-2-lb-in-nyc/672250/10 "2013-10-27T16:44:47Z")
Fight my ignorance for me. What the hell is it and what is it used for? Caul that is. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-5-lb-of-caul-fat-at-2-lb-in-nyc/672250/11 "2013-10-27T17:16:11Z")
Who you cauling fat? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-5-lb-of-caul-fat-at-2-lb-in-nyc/672250/12 "2013-10-27T17:33:41Z")
It is the web of membrane laced with veining of fat that is used to wrap lean cuts of meat and sausage|meatballs to add fat to their cooking. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-5-lb-of-caul-fat-at-2-lb-in-nyc/672250/13 "2013-10-27T17:37:59Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Fight my ignorance for me. What the hell is it and what is it used for? Caul that is. It’s a fatty membrane that holds an animals guts together. Think animal-gut-duct-tape. Looks like fatty lace. The reason it’s prized is that it’s pretty much equal parts fat and connective tissue. If you wrap something in caul it kind of slowly melts and bastes with the fat, so if you have something that wouldn’t hold together very well on it’s own, like a roll of lean meat, the caul ties it together and moistens it as it melts. ETA: looks like this [https://www.google.com/search?q=caul+fat&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=s09tUs7iE6XYyQGwj4DYAg&ved=0CAcQ\_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=719](https://www.google.com/search?q=caul+fat&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=s09tUs7iE6XYyQGwj4DYAg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=719) ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-5-lb-of-caul-fat-at-2-lb-in-nyc/672250/14 "2013-10-28T00:47:44Z")
I don’t like faggots. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-5-lb-of-caul-fat-at-2-lb-in-nyc/672250/15 "2013-10-28T20:20:16Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > I don’t like faggots. So don’t smoke. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-bought-5-lb-of-caul-fat-at-2-lb-in-nyc/672250/16 "2013-10-28T20:46:52Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > I don’t like faggots. Nothing wrong being at a meal with a bunch of faggots and wieners. Obligatory: [become a fan, join the family](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2698507.stm)! I too would like to know the normal price, in NYC or elsewhere.