The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

6. The cheek.

[Illustration: SIDE OF A PIG, SHOWING THE SEVERAL JOINTS.] The weight of the several joints of a good pork pig of four stone may be as follows; viz.:-- The leg 8 lbs. The loin and spring 7 lbs. The hand 6 lbs. The chine 7 lbs. The cheek from 2 to 3 lbs. Of a bacon pig, the legs are reserved for curing, and when cured are called hams: when the meat is separated from the shoulder-blade and bones and cured, it is called bacon. The bones, with part of the meat left on them, are divided into spare-ribs, griskins, and chines.