http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/rawpancetta Questions tagged with 'rawpancetta' at Ask MetaFilter. Sat, 12 May 2007 12:37:26 -0800 Sat, 12 May 2007 12:37:26 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/62464/Can%2Dyou%2Deat%2Draw%2Dpancetta Is it OK to eat raw pancetta? I live in the US. I just bought some Boar's Head pancetta from a local deli. I noticed on the package in the display case it said "ready to eat." But when I took it home and opened it up, it looked just like circular slices of raw bacon. It was also moist like raw bacon. I've eaten many raw things before, though, so I ate it anyway. It tasted good, but it was very, very chewy, so chewy that I ended up having an unchewable lump of fat in my mouth that I had to spit out. Now I was a bit worried. But after googling "can you eat raw pancetta", I found a few sites saying Italians do it all the time without any ill effects.<br> <br> But I presume Italians eat raw Italian-produced pancetta. From what I read, it seems Americans don't eat raw pancetta. Considering Boar's Head is a US product, do you think their pancetta is not intended to be eaten raw? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.62464 Sat, 12 May 2007 12:37:26 -0800 rawpancetta pravit