Pork is the culinary name for meat, from the domestic pig (Sus scrofa), often specifically the fresh meat but can be used as an all-inclusive term. It is one of the most commonly consumed meats worldwide, with evidence of pig cultivation dating back to 5000 BC.Pork is eaten in various forms, including cooked (as roast pork), cured or smoked (ham, including the Italian Prosciutto) or a combination of these methods (gammon, bacon or Pancetta). It is also a common ingredient of sausages. As with beef in Hinduism, pork consumption is taboo in Islam, Judaism and some types of Christianity.

Hardees is on an intensive mission to assist every human with a bony ass. Their 1420 calorie Thick Burger is a thing of beauty. But what about the animals? Did the animal from whence this dead flesh came suffer before its slaughter?

St. Louis-based Solae LLC has come up with a low fat, low calorie soy burger that tastes like the real thing, it's a patent-pending invention called SoleCina that involves both the process and the ingredients to produce either a "hybrid" meat, part soy, part real meat, or a completely meatless food that tastes like chicken, beef, pork or turkey.