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Category: pigs
The Trouble with Bacon and Your Heart
Processed foods like hot dogs aren't very good for you. Did we know that?
Zampone - Stuffed Pig's Trotter
The cleverness of the poor women who thought of stuffing a pig trotter is undeniable. If you go to a sagra in Italy you might find out about this fantastic hunk of porky goodness.
You Can't Raise Pigs Without sub-therapeutic use of antibiotics - Everybody Knows That!
Except that Denmark, the largest hog producer in Europe, stopped routinely feeding healthy livestock antibiotics. Over a decade ago. And things are better than ever.
Pigs, Fear and Civilization in Cairo - the Zabaleen