Author Topic: Why you should never eat pork (Read 5851 times)

BTNYC · « **Reply #15 on:** November 25, 2014, 03:04:03 PM »

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Here are my winter pigs, Easter and Christmas.

Very handsome, contented-looking beasts. Much more than can be said of the poor wretches who live out their days in the cramped pens of the big industrial conglomerates.

Those healthy little porkers you're raising should yield some excellent meat.

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #16 on:** November 25, 2014, 03:56:44 PM »

I want to go on record as saying that I am a fan of pig fat!

PerEvangelicaDicta · « **Reply #17 on:** November 25, 2014, 04:10:25 PM »

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I want to go on record as saying that I am a fan of pig fat!

duly noted and applauded :cheers:

JohnAnthonyMarie, I have various relatives who were gentlemen farmers in Maryland. They said that the slaughter of pigs must be done quickly and humanely because they are intelligent and intuit danger, become extremely stressed and the meat doesn't taste as good.
Would you concur?

Interesting turn of topic.

Traditional Guy 20 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 25, 2014, 04:33:01 PM »

I hate factory farms and slaughterhouses. They are unnecessarily cruel to farm animals, whom I have a soft spot for. Were I in politics they would be the first things banned.

PerEvangelicaDicta · « **Reply #19 on:** November 25, 2014, 04:45:09 PM »

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They are unnecessarily cruel to farm animals, whom I have a soft spot for.

For those of us familiar with your rough and tumble style, this is an endearing statement. Compassion is a fine Catholic characteristic when measured with prudence.

Luker · « **Reply #20 on:** November 25, 2014, 06:06:49 PM »

I am here in this thread to support an honest man's right to bacon. Screw the Jew wannabe's.

Luker · « **Reply #21 on:** November 25, 2014, 06:17:10 PM »

On a side note, has anyone else noticed bacon prices going up? Here in my neck of the woods (Canada) good bacon is going for $6-7/lb when not that long ago a good pack of double smoked was only $4-5/lb.

Bacon inflation is outrageous...

JohnAnthonyMarie · « **Reply #22 on:** November 26, 2014, 11:14:03 AM »

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JohnAnthonyMarie, I have various relatives who were gentlemen farmers in Maryland. They said that the slaughter of pigs must be done quickly and humanely because they are intelligent and intuit danger, become extremely stressed and the meat doesn't taste as good.
Would you concur?

Interesting turn of topic.

I completely agree - hogs are very intelligent. Bringing their end in a humane manner goes without saying, and you are very correct about being quick about it. As I would imagine is true for any animal, for better tasting meat, the task is to avoid any agitation or excitement that increases blood flow to the muscle. Last year, one of my two hogs decided she did not want to load, instead opting to be back in her pen (she broke a gate panel and put a 200lb. man to the ground for her effort). It was enough activity that I postponed finishing her for another day.

Charlemagne · « **Reply #23 on:** November 26, 2014, 11:20:59 AM »

In recognition of Luker's statement, I would like to announce that I just now exercised my "honest man's right to bacon." Shalom!

JohnAnthonyMarie · « **Reply #24 on:** November 26, 2014, 11:24:10 AM »

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Here are my winter pigs, Easter and Christmas.

Very handsome, contented-looking beasts. Much more than can be said of the poor wretches who live out their days in the cramped pens of the big industrial conglomerates.

Those healthy little porkers you're raising should yield some excellent meat.

This year's six month schedule, start to finish, is estimated at $2.58 lb. ($0.67 lb. less than my prior effort). Raised in pairs, my hogs generally weigh just over 300lbs, and typically yield near 50% of that weight in meat. The quality of the meat is remarkable.

PerEvangelicaDicta · « **Reply #25 on:** November 26, 2014, 01:04:03 PM »

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I am here in this thread to support an honest man's right to bacon.

Luker, lol

JohnAnthonyMarie said:

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This year's six month schedule, start to finish, is estimated at $2.58 lb. ($0.67 lb. less than my prior effort). Raised in pairs, my hogs generally weigh just over 300lbs, and typically yield near 50% of that weight in meat. The quality of the meat is remarkable.

I attest to this. Once you eat pork or other meat from a local farmer who raises and slaughters the animals well, you can never return to eating commercially mass produced meat.

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #26 on:** November 26, 2014, 01:40:14 PM »

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Once you eat pork or other meat from a local farmer who raises and slaughters the animals well, you can never return to eating commercially mass produced meat.

Agree completely!

We buy our eggs (chicken and duck) from a local family and they are night and day different in a very good way!

PerEvangelicaDicta · « **Reply #27 on:** November 26, 2014, 02:02:35 PM »

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Once you eat pork or other meat from a local farmer who raises and slaughters the animals well, you can never return to eating commercially mass produced meat.

Agree completely!

We buy our eggs (chicken and duck) from a local family and they are night and day different in a very good way!

Of all my recent blessings, and they are many, I offer much thanksgiving for our local farmer for fresh eggs, unpasteurized goat milk, and fresh meat. Deo gratias!
(hmm, duck eggs? I will try them. I hear they are more nutritious than chicken eggs)

Traditional Guy 20 · « **Reply #28 on:** November 26, 2014, 02:05:48 PM »

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Agree completely!

We buy our eggs (chicken and duck) from a local family and they are night and day different in a very good way!

Considering your libertarian views (:P) good for you Quigg! It is quite obvious to me the two biggest haters of family farms are Wall Street who want to turn farms into assembly lines of production like factories, and Washington D.C. who on the one hand lets foreign farms have all the goods with free trade but on the other hand won't lift embargos on Cuba for instance so our farmers can trade.

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #29 on:** November 26, 2014, 02:51:15 PM »

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Agree completely!

We buy our eggs (chicken and duck) from a local family and they are night and day different in a very good way!

Considering your libertarian views (:P) good for you Quigg! It is quite obvious to me the two biggest haters of family farms are Wall Street who want to turn farms into assembly lines of production like factories, and Washington D.C. who on the one hand lets foreign farms have all the goods with free trade but on the other hand won't lift embargos on Cuba for instance so our farmers can trade.

There is a place for the assembly line (some people are on a tight budget) but I strongly prefer the organic stuff first and foremost because of how much superior the taste it - It really is great! I jokingly tell my boys "Look, I don't care if they beat the cows with sticks as long as this organic milk is this good!"

I have made a switch to organic milk, cheese, eggs and most definitely butter. Even though Kerrygold isn't technically organic, the taste is so over the top good that it nullifies the higher price tag.