Pork jowl is a cut of pork from a pig’s cheek. Smoked pork belly bacon can be fried and eaten as a main course, similar to streaky bacon, such as in a traditional full English breakfast. Jowl meat may also be chopped and used as a garnish, similar to bacon bits, or served in sandwich form. A Southern US tradition of eating black-eyed peas and greens with either pork jowls or fatback on New Year’s Day to ensure prosperity throughout the new year goes back hundreds of years.
