1:39 pm May 8, 2009, by John Kessler
The waiter says the difference between the regular and the lite clam chowder is that the latter is “made without ‘pork salt’ or cream.” Pork salt? Salt pork? Whatever…still the best $6 lunch downtown. At Legal Sea Foods.
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6 comments Add your comment
kayla
May 8th, 2009
4:09 pm
Was it “bacon salt” perhaps? “Pork salt” sounds more soignee….whereas “bacon salt” conjures up images of pickup trucks, Budweiser, and pork rinds.
http://www.baconsalt.com/
(I admit I had to giggle at “Operation Bacon Salt”.)
MissM
May 10th, 2009
10:26 am
Was it pork,salt, or cream?
Martica
May 11th, 2009
5:18 pm
salt pork
Function: noun
Date: 1708
: fat pork cured in salt or brine
herbK
May 11th, 2009
7:30 pm
crap for $6. No question, don’t buy it.
John Kessler
May 12th, 2009
3:19 pm
I thought it was Bacon Salt at first, but no…salt pork. HerbK: Have you tried the soup? It is weirdly made in the Boston commissary and shipped here, but I do think it’s the real deal. Haven’ tried the lobster roll…can’t bring myself to spend $22 for a sandwich.
Green Olive
May 14th, 2009
9:50 am
I’ll go half on that lobster roll with you.