Wild Matsutake (Pine Mushrooms) Size:1 lb These Heritage-breed Berkshire pork bellies

These Heritage-breed Berkshire pork bellies are rubbed with an heirloom spice mixture before they are slowly smoked using an old English method with natural hardwood

and an intensely saline aroma reinforced by flavors that remind us of fresh mussels or clams

Called Botan Ebi in Japanese

these Vietnamese peppercorns are wonderful for rubs

Wild Matsutake (Pine Mushrooms) Size:1 lb These Heritage-breed Berkshire pork belliesMatsutake Mushrooms have enjoyed esteem in Japan for over one thousand years, consumed only by members of the Imperial Court as recently as the seventeenth century. Despite their status as Matsutakes longest standing admirers, Japans own production of these mushrooms has sharply declined over the last several decades, largely due to the proliferation of the pine killing nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. Though much Matsutake production elsewhere