Where has all the pork gone?

[Admiral Huddy]

I love pork sausages.. Especially the vegetarian ones.

 

[burtie]

My misses has had loads of pork, my man pork

 

[GJ02]

My misses has had loads of pork, my man pork

and mine too

 

[Steve2000]

No pork parmos is what I've noticed.

 

[aceface57]

Just this country I think, when I was in Poland, pork was the choice meat out there. Just what's in "fashion" just now.

 

[A.N.Other]

Can't say I have.
Sausages and slow roast belly pork are very in fashion atm.

This. A lot of places serve pork

 

[eatcustard]

While we are on the subject of pork, why are they classed by some as unclean?

as they are not

 

[Tefal]

While we are on the subject of pork, why are they classed by some as unclean?

as they are not

It doesn't keep well in the middle eastern heat.

 

[Glaucus]

While we are on the subject of pork, why are they classed by some as unclean?

Jewish and Islamic Views

The Jewish and Islamic religions view pigs as unclean, prohibiting not only the consumption of pork products but contact with the animals. In Leviticus 11.1-47, there is a range of dietary rules and specifications concerning forbidden animals, birds and fish/shellfish. Only meat from animals with split hooves that chew the cud could be eaten. Pigs were excluded explicitly because they did not chew the cud (Lev.11.7). Other unclean animals include camels and hares, blood-based products, and shellfish, eels, bats, birds of prey and seagulls also cannot be eaten.

For Muslims, pork, fanged beasts of prey, blood products, and some types of sea creatures are regarded as impermissible. Unlike Judaism, camel can be eaten. For both religions, there are issues about the way meat has been sourced and prepared, the purposes for which this has been done, and necessary rituals, non-observance of any of which may make its consumption impermissible.

There have been a number of different views about the reasons why these religions have deemed certain foods, including pig, as unclean or impermissible. The dietary rules can be seen purely as divine laws, which need no explanation or logic and emphasise our subservience: this leaves open the reason as to why specific items have been deemed are impermissible. Items like pork or shellfish may cause health problems in hot climates and it may seem logical to forbid their consumption to reduce any risk to health. It seems more likely that the rationale involves the food chain: pigs and seagulls forage and one can never know precisely what they have eaten

 

[Guerrilla]

No pork parmos is what I've noticed.

Indeed! Less and less places seem to do them now

Wouldn't care i used to quite like a pork parmo occasionally, for a change

 

[eatcustard]

I see.

Not to do with being dirty then.

 

[SB118]

It seems more likely that the rationale involves the food chain: pigs ... forage and one can never know precisely what they have eaten

Ahh, so islam bases it banning of pork on how people used to feed their livestock thousands of years ago.

Nice to see them keeping up

 

[Haircut]

You're cooking the pork wrong.

Or he's cooking the wrong pork.
Get a decent bit of free range pork and it will come out a lot better than most supermarket stuff.

 

[233]

save the pork

 

[hood1971]

It seems more likely that the rationale involves the food chain: pigs and seagulls forage and one can never know precisely what they have eaten

Amazed that chicken are not considerd unckean then too - they eat anything including young chicks.

 

[Ironic Namesake]

I've only eaten pork once in the last few months Need to find somewhere local that sells bacon !! The place I shop at doesn't stock anything pork, and pretty much no beef

 

[Tefal]

I prefer ham to pork for the most part, but the odd bit of slow cooked belly pork is great

 

[Slurms]

your talking pork

 

[KNiVES]

Pork is a French word. Use pig like a real man.

 

[apatia77]

I am sure this will have to do with the demand for pork dishes, just because you like pork doesn’t mean than other people choose pork dishes. Demand=supply.