/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.13558981]

Is pork a low tier meat?
Don't get me wrong, there are many pork things that I like such as a bacon egg and cheese sandwich, al pastor tacos, char siu, etc.
But it really seems like pork needs more preparation than beef, chicken, lamb, duck, fish, etc., to make it taste good.
Juice from a pork chop doesn't even taste particularly good like it would from a steak.
Chinese drown their pork in sodium/sugar to make it taste good , Mexicans with peppers/seasonings, Italians with sodium/preservatives, Americans with 10+ hours of smoke, etc.
I don't know why Mexico and China are so pork obsessed

[Anonymous No.13558993]

Beef steak > pork steak
Pork burger > beef burger

It's give and take.

[Anonymous No.13558996]

>I don't know why Mexico and China are so pork obsessed
Because it is cheep

[Anonymous No.13559000]

bacon, pancetta etc taste great with little to no preparation
pork ribs seasoned with black pepper, salt and lime, grilled over charcoal tastes amazing.
pork chops are also pretty damn good

[Anonymous No.13559001]

thats why i only eat deer and venison

[Anonymous No.13559012]

>>13558981
Idk. I don't really think chicken, beef, or pork are low tier. There is a reason they are really common. Squirrel or rat are probably the low tier meats. My grandpa ate pigeon. That is probably a low tier meat. Pork is fine and you don't need that much preparation.
>>13559001
>deer and venison
Lol. It is pretty good though. I had some spicy venison jerky recently, and it was the bomb.

[Anonymous No.13559014]

>>13559000
I do love pork ribs.
>>13558993
It's more expensive than chicken.

[Anonymous No.13559028]

>>13559000
I prefer bacon more as a topping/accompaniment. Like bacon slices on a burger or egg sandwich.
It's too salty for me to want a plate of it by itself

[Anonymous No.13559097]

>>13559014
Not where I live.

[Anonymous No.13559122]

>>13559097
Really? I can buy a huge package of chicken thighs for like 4 dollars

[Anonymous No.13559132]

I think part of the problem is that pigs these days are bred to produce leaner meat, but lean pork sucks. It's a like a poor compromise of beef and chicken.

[Anonymous No.13559145]

>>13559132
God, I wish the lean meat meme would finally die. It's infected our culture for too long.

[Anonymous No.13559159]

>>13559122
By weight, bone-in skin on thighs cost the same as boneless pork shoulder.

[Anonymous No.13559169]

>>13558981

Pork is objectively s low quality meat that only tastes really good when it is heavily processed and cooked into shit like sausages and bacon

[Anonymous No.13559183]

>>13558981
>I don't know why Mexico and China are so pork obsessed
Because pigs require less pasture than cows and can eat literally anything.

[Anonymous No.13559185]

>>13559169
>sausage
>heavily processed
Literally just mince and season.

[Anonymous No.13559188]

>>13559122

In canada pork is the dirt cheap meat they try to adulterate the beef with to sell to poor people. A whole small chicken is almost $12 easy, pack of thighs probably around $8

[Anonymous No.13559198]

>>13559185

Sausages are processed as fuck my dude, you trying to imply a heavy mince mixed with heavy spices jammed into a casing isn't processed? To give pork some credit, a lot of eastern soups and dishes that call for pork can't be substitued for something else without ruining it, it's a much milder meat than beef

[Anonymous No.13559203]

>>13558981
Poor, overcrowded countries will inevitable love pork because it is a fast growing, fast breeding animal that can be used whole. Countries with vast open spaces tend to prefer beef, like the US, Argentina, Brazil, etc... Do not get me wrong, it is a fantastic meat, and it is usually demonized because people still think that you can die in the first world for eating uncooked pork.

[Anonymous No.13559207]

>>13559198
I do not consider mincing meat and tossing in some spice to be "heavily processed", no. The meat would have to be absolutely liquefied and then partially fermented or something to justify that kind of adjective.

[Anonymous No.13559232]

>>13559207

Sounds like your standards of quality meat are just shit anon.

[Anonymous No.13559239]

>>13559232
>anon pokes meat with knife once or twice
>suddenly it is """heavily processed"

So do you just gnaw it right off the still living animal with your bare teeth or what

[Anonymous No.13559240]

>>13559239

Nice strawman argument you got there you little turdhuffer.

[Anonymous No.13559257]

>>13559240
I'm just taking your insane statement to its logical conclusion, knobjockey.

[Anonymous No.13559283]

>>13559000
bacon and pancetta have both already had hella preparation.
Pork ribs are great, but beef ribs secretly taste quite a bit better.
Pork Chops are fine, but nowhere near as good as decent steaks, especially ribeyes.

[Anonymous No.13559288]

>>13559169
Pork butt barbecued american style is excellent.

[Anonymous No.13559367]

>>13559257

Im not the retard who thinks sausage is a lightly processed meat

[Anonymous No.13559395]

What do you pay for pork? These were on sale but are usually ~2.50/lbl. I usually buy the center cut chops at 2.20. I eat pork almost every night.

[Anonymous No.13559396]

Now who's strawmanning? Never did I say it was "lightly processed"

[Anonymous No.13559411]

>>13559395

[Anonymous No.13559415]

>>13558981
All meat is low tier food

[Anonymous No.13559426]

You can make a hell of a fake souvlaki with pork chops. Utterly fucking delicious.

[Anonymous No.13559428]

>>13559001
That's why I only eat beef and bovine

[Anonymous No.13559461]

>>13559428
I only eat bovine, steer and cow.

[Anonymous No.13559474]

>>13558996
Anon, that’s a different animal.

[Anonymous No.13559507]

>>13558981
Beef > chicken > pork.
They're all good but if you ask me to choose between a meal that's mainly one of those 3, that's my order of preference.

Beef just has a nice taste and texture in itself, you literally just need salt, pepper and butter and you can achieve one of the nicest taste.

Chicken is easy to cook and fuzes with whatever flavors or cooking methods you use on it, it's versatile and cheap.

Pork is truely exceptional when cured (bacon, pancietta, ham, etc), that's where it shines the most.

[Anonymous No.13559524]

>>13559507
I agree with that preference. Beef is exceptional, though apparently it's the least healthy for you.

[Anonymous No.13559790]

Pork can be God tier once it's cured, smoked, or both.

[Anonymous No.13559794]

>>13558981
I eat red meat only once a week, so I usually opt for beef when i do

[Anonymous No.13559803]

>>13558981
Say what you want, but pic related is probably the best use of pork besides bacon. If Chinese weren't pork obsessed they may never have arrived at this deliciousness. If you don't like it, you're deranged.

[Anonymous No.13559813]

>>13559803
Al pastor and carne enchilada tacos are also based

[Anonymous No.13559817]

>>13558981
pork > beef > chicken

[Anonymous No.13559820]

>>13559817
Said no one ever, including yourself because you are intentionally obfuscating what you actually believe.

[Anonymous No.13559825]

>>13559803
>If Chinese weren't pork obsessed they may never have arrived at this deliciousness
Fuck off, chang.

And eat some bat meat because of its deliciousness. If you don't like it, you're deranged.

[Anonymous No.13559837]

If you like pork too much, you're a Wong. If you don't eat pork, you're a Mohammed

[Anonymous No.13559851]

>>13558981
Pigs are tasty and can live off of garbage, they are the ultimate poorfag food. Also they look like humans from behind so you can fuck them when Esposita doesnt feel like putting out. They are also very similar to us on a cellular level, which means it's probably pretty close to human meat. When people die in burning buildings, it smells like bacon cooking. The Chinese call human flesh "long pig".
Also sometimes comes with a surprise creamy filling.

[Anonymous No.13559877]

>>13559198
>take pork run through grinder
>add spices and mix
>put in casing

[Anonymous No.13559891]

>>13559851
It wasn't the chinese, I think it was some tribe in the pacific.

[Anonymous No.13559894]

i got some country style shoulder 'rib' and its $4.99/lb. i live in a somewhat remote place.

[Anonymous No.13559917]

>>13558981
>I don't know why Mexico and China are so pork obsessed
Comes from history, unlike us Americans they never traded up from pigs to cattle or chickens since for them those animals are still better kept for producing milk and eggs than butchering then when they're young and succulent. Brits would've stuck pork centric too but they got fish on all sides of the island and as much as they hate to admit it they're crazy for US Prime Angus beef.

[Anonymous No.13559927]

>>13559837
if you pretend not to eat it but secretly order it on Christmas at a Chinese restaurant you're a schlomo

[Anonymous No.13560144]

>>13559927
Do Jews really do that?

[Anonymous No.13560160]

Jews don't eat it so it is the food of the plebs.

[Anonymous No.13560199]

>>13560160
T. Moshe Rabkin

[Anonymous No.13560255]

>>13558981
Yes. Pork can be good IF prepared well, but it is a lesser meat. It is the pleb of meat.

[Anonymous No.13560286]

>>13560199
Why yes, you are my slave and there is nothing you can do about it, how did you know?

[Anonymous No.13561678]

>>13560286
Can you lower my rent at least?

[Anonymous No.13561692]

>>13559001
Gee Bill, your mom lets you have deer AND venison?

[Anonymous No.13561718]

>>13559851
I know cysts are normal but I wouldn’t b able to eat that meat if I saw it and knew it was like this before I ate it. I wouldn’t care if I didn’t know, probably, but Jesus that’s disgusting

[Anonymous No.13561921]

>>13560255
This is true, but at least its priced accordingly.
Simply a cheap, high volume meat. Not a single cut of this animal commands a high price, the best cuts are still affordable.

[Anonymous No.13561974]

>>13559851
wtf is that shit???

[Anonymous No.13562804]

>>13561921
You need to season it well, though.

[Anonymous No.13563163]

>>13561974
demon semen

[Anonymous No.13563206]

>>13563163
No seriously what is it

[Anonymous No.13563310]

>>13563206
Cyst fluid.