Why does my pork chop have 2 bones? I thought chops were like the t-bone of the pig.
Was it too young? Bones haven’t knitted together. Seems wasteful.
Was it old? Had arthritis and the bone separated?
Was it a clumsy pig who fell down a lot?
A bad butcher? Still had all his fingers but slipped the saw a few times a day?
Maybe you’ve got a sirloin chop, with some hip bone and some backbone? This page explains the different pork chop cuts pretty well.
Hmmm? Thanks. I didn’t purchase these ones. Daughter did. They just didn’t look, in shape like sirloin chops.
They tasted okay.
One reason is that the chop isn’t cut between bones, so you get two separate bones: the backbone and a section of the next rib.
Pork chops normally have one bone because it’s a single cut chop, which is the standard way pork chops are sold in supermarkets. Thing is, you can get a double cut, or a triple chop if you want, and each cut comes with its bone.
These weren’t fancy cut. Just cheapies.