Difference between "Loin" and "Tenderloin" ?

[J Causey]

Is there a difference between "Loin" and "Tenderloin" when it comes to pork?

Thanks

 

[Dwain Pannell]

Yes. Tenderloin is the tender side of a T bone pork chop and loin is the tougher side. Tenderloin is the backstrap (think filet mignon). Here is a meat chart link to help: http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/meatcharts.html

 

[J Causey]

Does one of them have a more "game" sort of taste to it then the other?

Thanks for the link to the chart.

 

[Dwain Pannell]

In today's pork, I would say no. Today's pork is a blank canvass as far as taste IMHO.

 

[J Causey]

Interesting. I remember probably 12 years ago having a roasted pork (don't know which cut exactly) at a holiday party and thinking it really tasted gamey. It was not smoked but cooked in the oven.

 

[Dan M]

The Loin or Backstrap is cut from both sides of the spine under the skin. The tenderloin is cut from both sides of the spine from inside the body cavity

 

[Dave Alvarado]

Interesting. I remember probably 12 years ago having a roasted pork (don't know which cut exactly) at a holiday party and thinking it really tasted gamey. It was not smoked but cooked in the oven.

That might have been wild hog or boar.