Basic Quiz About Pork 🥓

“Pork. The Other White Meat.” was an advertising slogan developed by advertising agency Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt in 1987 for the National Pork Board.

1. Where does pork come from?

 trees

 sheep

 cows

 pigs

2. Pork is the most widely consumed meat in the world.

 True

 False

3. Which U.S. city is known as Porkopolis?

 Detroit

 Cincinnati

 San Francisco

 Atlanta

4. Which part of the animal is generally turned into bacon in the USA?

 front right side

 rear end

 both sides

 underside

5. To what part of the animal does Canadian bacon refer?

 collar bacon

 back bacon

 picnic bacon

 cottage bacon

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Pork is classified as a red meat because it contains more myoglobin than chicken or fish. When fresh pork is cooked, it becomes lighter in color, but it is still a red meat.

A Spanish breed of pig called the Iberico has omega-3 fatty acids. This is the only pig known to naturally possess omega-3.

Gammon is the hind leg of pork after it has been cured by dry-salting or brining, which may or may not be smoked. Unlike most ham, but like bacon, it must be cooked before it is safe to eat. The term is mostly used in Britain, while other dialects of English largely make no distinction between gammon and ham.

In the featured photo above: pulled-pork burger