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:'''Head''' - Boiled to make brawn, stocks and [[soup]]s.

:'''Head''' - Boiled to make brawn, stocks and [[soup]]s.

:'''Spare Rib Roast''' - Either boned out and rolled up as a roasting joint, or cured as [[bacon]]".

:'''Spare Rib Roast''' - Either boned out and rolled up as a roasting joint, or cured as bacon.

:'''Hand''' - Either cured on the bone to make a [[ham]], or used in [[sausage]]s.

:'''Hand''' - Either cured on the bone to make a ham, or used in [[sausage]]s.

:'''Loin''' - This can be cured to give [[bacon]] or divided up into roasting joints and pork chops.

:'''Loin''' - This can be cured to give bacon or divided up into roasting joints and pork chops.

:'''Belly''' - Belly pork is used for steaks or diced as a frying meat. Belly pork may be rolled for roasting or cut for streaky [[bacon]].

:'''Belly''' - Belly pork is used for steaks or diced as a frying meat. Belly pork may be rolled for roasting or cut for streaky [[bacon]].

:'''Legs/Hams''' - Although any cut of pork can be cured, only the back leg is entitled to be called a [[ham]].

:'''Legs/Hams''' - Although any cut of pork can be cured, only the back leg is entitled to be called a ham. Ham is cured to preserve it either by dry curing with [[salt]] or wet-curing using brine (salt solution).

:'''Trotters''' - Both the front and hind trotters can be cooked and eaten or preserved by pickling.

:'''Trotters''' - Both the front and hind trotters can be cooked and eaten or preserved by pickling.

:'''Pork ribs''' - Called spare ribs, these are taken from the pig's ribcage and include the surrounding meat.

:'''Pork ribs''' - Called spare ribs, these are taken from the pig's ribcage and include the surrounding meat.

 

:'''Bacon''' refers to those cuts of meat taken from the sides, belly or back.

'''Ham''' is the term used for a cured cut of [[pork]] originating from the hind legs of a [[pig]] or boar. Ham is cured to preserve it either by dry curing with [[salt]] or wet-curing using brine (salt solution).

==Processed pork==

==Processed pork==

 

Pork is particularly common as an ingredient in [[sausage]]s. Ham, bacon and gammon are made by curing the meat with salt. Smoking the meat in a slow oven is another method of preservation. Ham and bacon are popular foods in the western world although non-western cultures also use preserved pork products. Salted pork or red roasted pork is used in [[Chinese]] cuisine.

Pork is particularly common as an ingredient in [[sausage]]s. Ham, [[bacon]] and gammon are made by curing the meat with salt. Smoking the meat in a slow oven is another method of preservation. Ham and bacon are popular foods in the western world although non-western cultures also use preserved pork products. Salted pork or red roasted pork is used in [[Chinese]] cuisine.

Additionally, parts of the pig such as the knuckle and feet can be pickled and eaten. The skin and fat is often crisped up in an oven and eaten with a pork roast as "crackling" or as a savoury snack ([[pork scratchings]]). [[Black Pudding]] which is made from the blood, can also be made thus utilising almost all of the animal.

Additionally, parts of the pig such as the knuckle and feet can be pickled and eaten. The skin and fat is often crisped up in an oven and eaten with a pork roast as "crackling" or as a savoury snack ([[pork scratchings]]). [[Black Pudding]] which is made from the blood, can also be made thus utilising almost all of the animal.

Despite the name, [[hamburger]]s contain [[beef]], not pork as they are named after the German city of [[Hamburg]].

Despite the name, [[hamburger]]s contain [[beef]], not pork as they are named after the German city of [[Hamburg]].

The canned meat, Spam®, is made of pork.

The canned meat, Spam, is made of pork.

==Biblical Prohibition==

==Biblical Prohibition==