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[[Image:Pork chop.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Uncooked pork chops]]

[[Image:Pork chop.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Uncooked pork chops]]

'''Pork''' is the name given to meat from a [[pig]] and is a commonly eaten [[meat]] throughout the world. It is sometimes known as the ''other white meat'', the main white meat being [[poultry]].

'''Pork''' is the name given to meat from a [[pig]] and is a commonly eaten [[meat]] throughout the world. It is sometimes known as the ''other white meat'', the main white meat being [[poultry]]. Pork is eaten both as a cooked fresh meat (e.g. pork chops) or as a cured meat. Cured or processed meat products include ham, salami, gammon and bacon. The pig may be used in many different ways for fresh meat cuts, with the popularity of certain cuts depending on local preference. Most of the animal (colloquially "everything but the squeal") can be used to produce fresh meat. In the case of a suckling pig (piglet) the whole body can be spit roasted or oven roasted.

Pork is eaten both as a cooked fresh meat (e.g. pork chops) or as a cured meat. Cured or processed meat products include ham, salami, gammon and bacon. The pig may be used in many different ways for fresh meat cuts, with the popularity of certain cuts depending on local preference.

In [[Judaism]] and [[Islam]], pork is considered an unclean meat and is not eaten.  

 

Most of the animal (colloquially "everything but the squeal") can be used to produce fresh meat. In the case of a suckling pig (piglet) the whole body can be spit roasted or oven roasted.

==Nutritional information==

==Nutritional information==

The canned meat, Spam, is made of pork.

The canned meat, Spam, is made of pork.

==Biblical Prohibition==

==Slang==

 

In [[politics]], the term "pork" or "[[pork barrel]]" spending is used to refer to often unnecessary spending on a particular politician's pet projects, usually in his home district in order to curry votes.  This practice is widely criticized by many people.  

In [[Judaism]], pork is considered an unclean meat (non-Kosher) and is not eaten. This is based on the following passage from the [[Bible]]:

 

:[[Leviticus]] 11.4: ''And the swine, though he divide the [[hoof]], and be cloven-footed, yet he cheweth not the [[cud]]; he is unclean to you.''

 

In [[Government]], the term "pork" or "[[pork barrel]]" spending is used to refer to often unnecessary spending on a particular politician's pet projects, usually in his home district in order to curry votes.  This practice is widely criticized by many people.  

*[http://www.cookitsimply.com/category-0020-0i5.html Pork Recipes] at Cook it Simply.  

[[Category:Non-Kosher foods]]

[[Category:Non-Kosher foods]]

[[Category:Meat]]

[[Category:Meat]]