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Cabeza de cerdo substitutes

Cabeza de cerdo is the traditional name in Mexico. Elsewhere, butchers sell the same piece — or a close cousin — under a different name.

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Substitutes for Cabeza de cerdo that can be delivered rather than hunted down at a counter.

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Mexico

Cabeza de resapproximate

Same conceptual cut on a different animal — beef head vs pork head. Both are nose-to-tail preparations that yield multiple sub-products (cheeks, tongue, jowl meat).

Italy

Guancialeapproximate

Guanciale is cured pork jowl, anatomically a subset of the head. The whole head as a cut is the parent category.

United Kingdom

Pork cheekapproximate

Anatomical subset — the cheek (cachete / carrillada / guancia) is part of the head, butchered out separately and sold as the most-prized portion.

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