Pork for kids!

Message Bookmarked

Bookmark Removed

No, not a porn site -- but infinitely creepier.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 6 April 2003 01:48 (twenty-two years ago)

i tried the 'make a sandwich game.' then decided not to put any pork products on the sandwich, i was hoping for a pop-up saying "You forgot to place pork products on your sandwich!" didn't happen--but still creepy, yeah.

― Grell (Grell), Sunday, 6 April 2003 03:15 (twenty-two years ago)

The NATIONAL PORK BOARD?

― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 6 April 2003 04:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Haha Grell I did the same thing!

― Chris P (Chris P), Sunday, 6 April 2003 05:27 (twenty-two years ago)

ham and cheese muffins. celebrate!

― Grell (Grell), Sunday, 6 April 2003 06:25 (twenty-two years ago)

A beautiful tie-in here

But seriously, there's something weird about the pork stigma in, at least, the U.S. If you're a vegamite...er...vegan and are against all animal products, okay. Pork is certainly included therein. But if you eat meat, and don't keep kosher/hallal, but don't eat pork, how were you influenced against it?

Lots of places in the world pork is the standard. In Chinese, the basic word for meat is "pork" (or vice versa). It must be compounded to mean "chicken meat" or "beef". Isn't it more about the quantity of pork (or beef) consumed rather than some inherent quality of the pork itself that makes it dangerous? And the fear of trichinellosis, also called trichinosis, seems overplayed given the similarly blech diseases and gunk associated with commercial beef production (see Fast Food Nation and hold the fingers in my Big Mac).

As someone who has at various times tried to be macrobiotic, vegetarian, and other derivatives, but who has always failed at it due to laziness and love of restaurants (Micky D's included, there I've said it), I don't actually have a point of view. But Americans seem to have a smug, "well of course I don't eat pork" attitude much of the time and I'm not sure why. What about the English?

And as a sidenote, when MacDonalds stopped using actual beef tallow to fry the french, oh excuse me, Freedom Fries, circa 1980, the world started to unravel. You see if it didn't!

― Skottie, Sunday, 6 April 2003 07:13 (twenty-two years ago)

The site didn't even work on my computer. I wanted to build a sandwich with that guy, but I couldn't. I just couldn't.

― slutsky (slutsky), Sunday, 6 April 2003 08:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Awww, there there *pat pat*

― luna (luna.c), Sunday, 6 April 2003 08:37 (twenty-two years ago)

HE SAID I COULD BUILD A SANDWICH WITH HIM. But he lied.

― slutsky (slutsky), Sunday, 6 April 2003 08:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd offer to build it for you, but I don't think it would be the same

― luna (luna.c), Sunday, 6 April 2003 08:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Why did he lie, luna? Why did he trick me?

― slutsky (slutsky), Sunday, 6 April 2003 08:42 (twenty-two years ago)

He's a bad, bad man

― luna (luna.c), Sunday, 6 April 2003 08:42 (twenty-two years ago)

wheres the beef page for "cool girls like you and me" ??

― chaki (chaki), Sunday, 6 April 2003 08:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I went there and for a minute it wouldn't let me leave!

― luna (luna.c), Sunday, 6 April 2003 08:55 (twenty-two years ago)

In the U.S., for any product or service you care to name, there is a marketing board and a trade association,[1] both looking out for that industry's interests. Presumably the various meat marketing associations are going to want to put the best spin on their product and reach out to adolescents. Hence Pork4Kidz and Beef For Girls. I'm sure the other meat and dairy associations have their own youth outreach campaigns.

[1] Only exceptions I can think of: illegal drugs and prostitution...unless NORML and COYOTE count?

But if you eat meat, and don't keep kosher/hallal, but don't eat pork, how were you influenced against it?

If what I once read is correct, in the U.S., pork (other than ham and perhaps bacon and pork chops) may in some people's mind be associated with: (a) "ethnic" groups (different types of sausages, all made from pig parts you might not want to think about); and (b) the black an white underclasses (chitlins, fatback, and other such "trashy" foods).

― j.lu (j.lu), Sunday, 6 April 2003 13:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Why did he lie, luna? Why did he trick me?

He's a wicked wicked marketing drone. You're so much better off without him.

― j.lu (j.lu), Sunday, 6 April 2003 13:40 (twenty-two years ago)

What type of beef do you most like to eat with your friends? Real girls are "keepin' it real" by building strong bodies and strong minds... and they're feeling great about themselves!

― fffv (Miranda), Sunday, 6 April 2003 15:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Someone dig out the Homer/Lisa exchange about ham/bacon/pork all coming from the same animal.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 6 April 2003 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Homer: Lisa honey, are you saying you're never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No!
Homer: Pork chops?
Lisa: Dad! Those all come from the same animal!
Homer: Yeah, right Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.

― fffv (Miranda), Sunday, 6 April 2003 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

If this works right, you can listen to it here.

― fffv (Miranda), Sunday, 6 April 2003 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

pork is GOOOOOOOOD

― dave q, Sunday, 6 April 2003 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Pork is absolutely my favorite default meat product. Whenever I have beef I feel like I'm doing something special.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Sunday, 6 April 2003 21:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I dont eat pork or ham (I can stomach bacon though, its salted to the craphouse). Why? I'm not Jewish or vegetarian - I can't stand the sweet smell and taste that is alltogether too close to that of burning human flesh.

Trust me on this one.

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 7 April 2003 07:10 (twenty-two years ago)

today on the King Of Iron Chef's the ingredient was TOKYO X which was a crossbreed of 3 different swine to one have the most tender pig and they showed a picture of the pig and the bitch had spots.

― chaki (chaki), Monday, 7 April 2003 07:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't believe that exists. I can't believe how inane the 'make a sandwich' thing is. Jesus.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 7 April 2003 08:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't stand the sweet smell and taste that is alltogether too close to that of burning human flesh.

Ummmm Trayce? I almost don't want to ask, but when have you smelled burning human flesh and under what circumstances? Yikes. Although, haha, 'long pig'.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Monday, 7 April 2003 08:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm a lot more worried about the 'taste' part.

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 7 April 2003 09:07 (twenty-two years ago)

I smelt burning human flesh once when I accidentally touched the hot part of the oven trying to get my cheese on toast. I was on the phone to Andrew and I SCREAMED. The kitchen smelt afterwards.

― Elisabeth (Elisabeth), Monday, 7 April 2003 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I smelt burning human flesh once when a couple of planes rammed into the World Trade Center and killed 3,000 people.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 7 April 2003 12:22 (twenty-two years ago)

HE SAID I COULD BUILD A SANDWICH WITH HIM. But he lied.
Ahhh.. EVeryone's lieing these days... even cute lil' puppies.

I took the tour of the farm on the pork4kids page. Look at the cute little pigglets!

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Monday, 7 April 2003 12:32 (twenty-two years ago)

They are cute...ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE SAUSAGE.

Oops, ruined the mood. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 7 April 2003 13:29 (twenty-two years ago)

One baby pig = one sausage link?

(BTW, veggie sausage is ok, just a bit spicey)

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Monday, 7 April 2003 13:48 (twenty-two years ago)

You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.