Pop quiz: Which is the better buy? Pork tenderloin for $2.97 per pound or boneless pork chops at $3.47 per pound—taken from my local supermarket’s weekly ad? If you answered the tenderloin, you’re in good company. Most of us would, but we'd be wrong. Price per pound can be misleading because not all cuts of meat and poultry yield the same number of servings per pound.
You can feed twice as many people from boneless pork chops as from bone-in pork tenderloin. The boneless chops have about four servings per pound, compared to two servings per pound for the pork tenderloin. What you pay for the edible portion is the important factor.
