On 3/10/2020 6:21 AM, between "Dave Drum : August Abolins":

 AA>>                                  ...But my mom was very
 AA>> particular and precise just like that when she prepared the
 AA>> smoked bacon for mini meat rolls that Latvians would
 AA>> call "Piragi". The bacon was indeed cut into tiny "cubes".

 DD> Here's a tip - if you need to cut meat into a "dice": slice
 DD> it (or have your butcher do it) into slabs that thickness of
 DD> the cubes called for. Put the slices on a plate of cookie
 DD> sheet and pop into the freezer until half-frozen..

Yes..  I believe that's how my mom used to do it. She may not have used a
cookie sheet, but I do remember the pieces were pretty cold when we worked on
them.


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