Pork

I love Pork!!

Sounds weird, right? But, it's true!
Can you believe where civilization would be if there was no pork? Almost anything and everything we cook from classical to contemporary cuisine will include something from the noble beast. Pork has been long considered the black sheep of food. It's dirty, fatty, all around bad reputation. However, let's not forget the good things. The fat, the meat, the all-around pleasure we get from eating it. Much of the hog(where we get our pork) may be cured or smoked. Thus making it taste better and last longer. Also this enhancement will also enhance other foods as well as flavoring them. But I digress. In class today, we discussed different cooking methods using our illustrious friend, pork. We grilled them to perfection by making them into brochettes as well as roasting them with a cream sauce. But back to a little history. If there was no pork people would have starved and eventually died. Pork was very cheap to raise and one pig would have raised a whole family during cold winters. Eventually, once a pig mated with another pig, the cycle would continue where one is slaughtered as another one is born. Pork was also a common divider between Christians and Muslims in Spain. Pork is not allowed in Muslim traditions but fared well with many chirstians. It is not surprising that the best ham and pork products come from spain. BACON! With the word bacon, I leave you. Recipes to come......on what else? Pork!