People began raising wild pigs in Asia and Europe as far back as 4900 B.C making them one of the first domesticated farm animals.
They were dispatched to N. America by the Spanish in 1525. Over the centuries pigs were treasured not only for their meat and skin but also for their extraordinary hunger. From time to time rural community will use pigs to help dispose of rubbish.
This might be one reason why pigs are labeled as unhygienic animals. Some religion even prohibit their followers from eating pork, but the truth is in terms of cleanliness pigs are actually very hygienic animals.
Pigs are forced to roll around in the dirt as a means of staying cool since they cannot emit sweat. And the practice of using them as waste disposal, that ended with modern manufacture techniques when pigs began to be raised on larger ranches..
Today most pigs are fed on a combination of ground corn and soya bean meals, and then process after about six or eight months to deliver consistently tasty low fat meat.
One of the good things about the pigs is that you can eat virtually all of it, from the snout to the tail. Still each part does have its own distinct flavor and quality and its own name. Pork is separated into 5 Prime Cuts – Shoulder Butt, Picnic Shoulder, Loin, Ham and Belly.
Here are two examples of the above Prime Cuts:
The ‘Shoulder Butt’ can be roasted whole as a butt roast or sliced into smaller blade steaks. It can also be grounded up made into sausage and the ‘Belly’ (a boneless fatty cut) the source of that breakfast favorite that gets people out of bed all across the country, the bacon.
Pigs are one of the main animals used for human supplies, but we have found other use for them. For example, their skin can be made into leather and the hard short stiff hair on their back can be used for brushes. In addition doctors will use their intestine to manufacture medicines which is use in modern society.
