Posted on 05/29/2013 5:01:34 PM PDT by Starman417
Domesticated swine and Western Civilization go back a long way together. The domestic pig was being raised in Europe by about 1500 BC. Rome improved pig breeding and spread them throughout their empire. The early Christians increasingly abandoned the Jewish ban on the eating of pork by about 50 AD and it’s been the celebrated ‘other white meat’ ever since.
Pigs and the discovery of the New World went hand in hand. Christopher Columbus took eight pigs on his voyage to Cuba in 1493 at Queen Isabella’s insistence. Hernando de Soto brought America’s first thirteen pigs to Tampa Bay, Fla., in 1539. Cortés introduced hogs to New Mexico in 1600 while Sir Walter Raleigh brought sows to the Jamestown colony in 1607.
Frankly, the West and pigs go together like, well, bacon and eggs. Who hasn’t enjoyed the cultural icons that are the ‘three little pigs,’ delighted in playing “this little piggie went to market” with a toes of a small child, or stashed a few dollars away in their piggie bank? And who can forget such beloved childhood characters as Wilbur from Charlotte’s Web, Babe the movie star (that’ll do pig), Miss Piggy, or Piglet from Winnie the Pooh?
Let’s be honest, even the most finicky among us has to admit that a side order of bacon at IHOP isn’t such a bad idea either.
But, alas, not all share our love for all things pork, bacon, and pig-related.
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It may have a negative connotation but no Jew I know uses it with offense.
They Sleep and Rout in Sh!t! That is a filthy animal.
I don't want to eat anything that doesn't have enough sense to disregard its own Feces!!!
Wrong. I raised several pigs back in the day in a good sized pen. They all crapped in one corner on the pen on the opposite side away from the food trough.
Sheep, cattle, horses, et al will crap on their food given half a chance. The only reason a pig would sleep or "root" in Sh!t is if they are forced to.
Are you Standing in the World?
Amen, brother. AMEN.
Bacon, sausage, ham, some other kind of sausage, some other kind of ham,pork chops, spare ribs, baby back ribs, fatback, whole-hog barbecue, butt, a third kind of sausage, chitlins (chitterlings, for the over-educated), pea-meal bacon, pancetta, pickled pig’s feet, etc., etc.
Is there any meat as versatil as pork? Is there any food as tasty?
No, there is not. And at the top of the list is bacon.
Educate me.
I’m not arguing with you, but what are you talking about? ‘Cause I have no idea
Mrs. L made a pot of collard greens last night. The flavor enhancer of choice was a lovely smoked ham hock, slow simmered with the greens. Absolutely delicious.
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