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the kind with the nice layer of fat on the top which gets all crispy after it cooks

My mom often did this when Thanksgiving dinner was just the 5 of us. This was often the case because it just wasn't as much of a big family gathering as Christmas. I don't know why but that is the way it was. My dad didn't like turkey and pork loin was his favorite so we had that, with mashed potatoes and gravy ( my mom made a mean gravy) asparagus casserole, green beans and homemade rolls. We probably had a frozen fruit salad that my mom used to make for all "occasion" meals. It featured whipping cream and my cousins would check the buffet to make sure it was there. Pecan pie or some sort of cake. Maybe some boiled custard but that usually appeared at Christmas.

One year I went to my inlaws house (my mother in law had passed away the prior year) and cooked a loin for the family who came over . I honestly can't recall if it was Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year's eve. That is beside the point, however.

I was totally blown away by the reaction: none of them (except Mr YD and our daughter) had ever eaten a pork loin roast!!!! They loved it. These people are all from Alabama which is in the South of course and there is a saying in the South that we eat or use everything but the squeal when it comes to pig. I just could not believe they had never eaten it.