The Cuts

The Cuts:

• Head
• Shoulder
• Loin
• Belly
• Leg
• Hock
• Trotters
  

The Breeds

There are many different breeds of pig. Below are the alphabetical list of them according to ThePigSite.com :

• American Landrace
• American Yorkshire
• Angeln Saddleback
• Arapawa Island
• Ba Xuyen
• Bantu
• Bazna
• Beijing Black
• Belarus Black Pied
• Belgian Landrace
• Bentheim Black Pied
• Berkshire
• Black Slavonian
• British Landrace
• British Lop
• Bulgarian White
• Cantonese
• Chester White
• Czech Improved White
• Danish Landrace
• Dermantsi Pied
• Duroc
• Dutch Landrace
• Fengjing
• Finnish Landrace
• French Landrace
• German Landrace
• Gloucestershire Old Spot
• Guinea Hog
• Hampshire
• Hereford
• Hezuo
• Iberian
• Italian Landrace
• Jinhua
• Kele
• Krskopolje
• Kunekune
• Lacombe
• Large Black
• Large Black-white
• Large White
• Lithuanian Native
• Mangalitza
• Meishan
• Middle White
• Minzhu
• Mong Chai
• Mukota
• Mora Romagnola
• Moura
• Mulefoot
• Neijiang
• Ningxiang
• Norwegian Landrace
• Ossabaw Island
• Oxford Sandy and Black
• Philippine Native
• Pietrain
• Poland China
• Red Wattle
• Saddleback
• Spots
• Swabian-Hall Swine
• Swedish Landrace
• Swallow Belied Mangalitza
• Tamworth
• Thuoc Nhieu
• Tibetan
• Turopolje
• Vietnamese Potbelly
• Welsh
• Wuzhishan
  

History

What is pork?

Pork is the culinary name for meat from the domestic pig (Sus domesticus). It specifically means the fresh meat of the pig but can also be used for processed meat from the animal,such as bacon,ham,prosciutto,pancetta and so on.

The pig has been domesticated for as long as 5000 BC from wild boar in Near East or in China. They were mostly used for food but other parts could be used for many useful tools. For example, their bristles for brushes,their hide for shields and shoes, and their bones for weapon.

Before the refrigeration, the meat were preserved by the process called charcuterie. Hence,the pork products of ham,bacon,sausages,terrines,pates and confit.

The mass production of pork started in the 20th century.

Genesis

Pork Porn is about dissecting the pork. Starting from the history, the breeds, the cuts,the use, the nutrition and the recipes. It is all about pork,folk!