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-'''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]].  This was largely a marketing ploy during the 1980's; the USDA considers pork to be, in fact, a "red meat".<ref>[http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Pork_from_Farm_to_Table/index.asp USDA: Safety of Fresh Pork...from Farm to Table]</ref>. 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.
-==Nutritional information==
-As part of a healthy diet, pork provides:
-*[[Protein]] necessary for growth and an important constituent of a balanced, healthy diet
-*[[Minerals]], particularly iron and zinc.
-*D and B [[vitamin]]s, including B12 which is not found in foods of plant origin.
-*[[Thiamin]]
-*Omega 3 fatty acids which are thought to protect against heart disease
-The fat content of pork has decreased by over a third on average in the past 20 years, and fully trimmed pork contains as little as 4% fat, compared to 5% for [[beef]] and 8% for [[lamb]]. Over 40% of this fat is monounsaturated.
-==Pork Cuts==
-[[Image:Pork cuts.jpg|right|thumb|275px|American Pork Cuts]]
-Terminology for different cuts of pork varies by country. The American naming system is:
-:'''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.
-:'''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.
-:'''Chump''' - Similar to loin, chump comes in the form of chops and steaks.
-:'''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.
-:'''Shoulder''' - The shoulder joint of pork can be bought as smaller cuts or as a whole roasting joint. It is also used for diced cubes to make [[casserole]]s as well as being minced and made into sausages.
-:'''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.
-:'''Pork ribs''' - Called spare ribs, these are taken from the pig's ribcage and include the surrounding meat.
-==Bacon==
-'''Bacon''' refers to those cuts of meat taken from the sides, belly or back which are cured or smoked. The main cuts of bacon are back bacon, streaky bacon and middle bacon. Bacon can be supplied as bacon chops, but more commonly is served as thinly-sliced 'rashers', cooked by grilling or frying and often eaten for [[breakfast]]. Bacon is also used as an ingredient in more elaborate dishes: boiled, with [[cabbage]], in [[Ireland]], or an ingredient in dishes such as [[Pasta]] Amatriciana in [[Italy]].
-==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.
-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 utilizing almost all of the animal.
-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.
-==Religious beliefs==
-Orthodox [[Jew]]s and [[Muslims]] consider pork to be an unclean meat that should not be eaten, as taught by Leviticus 11:2-8:
-{{cquote|Of all land animals these are the ones you may eat: any animal that has hoofs you may eat, provided it is cloven-footed and chews the cud. But you shall not eat any of the following that only chew the cud or only have hoofs...the pig, which does indeed have hoofs and is cloven-footed, but does not chew the cud and is therefore unclean for you.}}
-However, [[Christian]]s believe that they may eat any meat, as ''it is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth'' ({{Bible ref|book=Matthew|chap=15|verses=11}}).
-==Slang==
-In [[England]], a "pork pie" or "porkie" is slang for a [[deceit|lie]].
-==External links==
-*[http://www.cookitsimply.com/category-0020-0i5.html Pork Recipes] at Cook it Simply.
-==References==
-<references/>
-[[Category:Non-Kosher Animals]]
-[[Category:Meat]]

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