# Pig Parts. Oink **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [May 21, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834 "2024-05-21T00:30:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/1 "2024-05-21T00:30:33Z")
Had a chat with someone. Pork talk. I realized there’s probably not one pig part, snout to squeal a person down south in the US (and possibly many other places) does not eat. Reminds of the Lil’wrekker being traumatized by pigsfeet in the grocery store many moons ago. She still talks about it I’ve eaten what could be considered, maybe, sketchy: Necks and jowl, and I’m afraid, brains(unbeknownst). Pig skins. Cracklin’s. Pork belly. What have you eaten from a porker that’s sketchy? (I had to put _oink_ in the title 'cause of discourse) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/2 "2024-05-21T00:48:58Z")
The book Biggest Secrets says, Where do all the pig parts go that are just too unappetizing? Chorizo. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/3 "2024-05-21T00:51:36Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’ve eaten what could be considered, maybe, sketchy: > Necks and jowl I’m not a huuuuge pork eater due to early acculturation (secular jew), but I’ve had quite a bit of the animal, though nothing more “sketchy” than the jowl. I’m also not sure it’s particularly sketchy, since a lot of cultures put high value on cheek, collar, or facial meats of myriad animals. Personally, I really _miss_ when my local Kroger sold smoked pork jowl, soooo much better than the fatback, and it was great to cube up and use to add flavors to noodle stir fries, or use as smoky lardons in salads, or thin slice and fry to add to non-traditional ramen. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/4 "2024-05-21T00:59:19Z")
I love scrapple, which supposedly uses every part except the squeal. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/5 "2024-05-21T01:00:28Z")
It smelled so good in the local piggly wiggly the day they were smoking in house. The smoked pork chops were the best. Yes jowl is probably the least sketchy thing on my list. Some folks are still iffy about face meat, tho’ ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/6 "2024-05-21T01:02:55Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > The book Biggest Secrets says, Where do all the pig parts go that are just too unappetizing? Chorizo. Yep. If you’ve had sausage, you’ve had “parts”. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/7 "2024-05-21T01:08:00Z")
Head cheese was a big seller when I worked at a deli counter in the '70s. I never did try it. I’m sure I’ve had every part of a pig in various sausages. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/8 "2024-05-21T01:08:04Z")
[Boudin](https://www.thespruceeats.com/what-is-boudin-4782417) Authentic and made on a relative’s farm. Brains and Eggs. Only once! My mom grew up eating B&E. Grandmother rarely served plain scrambled eggs when my mom was young. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/9 "2024-05-21T01:09:38Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Authentic and made on a relative’s farm. I love white boudin, but I won’t eat the other kind. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/10 "2024-05-21T01:12:54Z")
Exactly how I was served brains. In the eggs. Yeech!!😳 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/11 "2024-05-21T01:21:27Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I love scrapple, which supposedly uses every part except the squeal. I think that scrapple mostly isn’t “parts”, actually. It’s mostly cornmeal and grease. And while every part of the pig has been used in sausage in America, and probably most of the folks here have eaten all of the parts of a pig at some point in our lifetimes, lately there are a lot of regulations surrounding brains, due to prion diseases. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/12 "2024-05-21T01:26:03Z")
I challenge you to a Scrapple-off, sir. Any time, any place (well, any place that serves scrapple). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/13 "2024-05-21T01:28:02Z")
I often see pig uterus for sale at the local Asian supermarket. It always has me scratching my head a bit. > **[Although not eaten here, pig uterus is common elsewhere](https://agupdate.com/theprairiestar/opinion/columnists/recipes_and_reflections/although-not-eaten-here-pig-uterus-is-common-elsewhere/article_f88179f4-d55d-53c2-91ed-47a2b067e88d.html)** > > Again it is time for a column about a food that may not be familiar to us or even heard of. This one was noticed in an Asian food market ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/14 "2024-05-21T01:38:04Z")
I recently purchased $50 worth of pork belly. The nipples were a little traumatizing but they made delicious burnt ends. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/15 "2024-05-21T01:40:16Z")
Imitation squid rings, more correctly bung ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/16 "2024-05-21T01:57:37Z")
Rocky Mountain Oysters are from Bulls. Do people eat pig nuggets? I love a Armour grocery store ham. But can’t stand gamey country ham. It’s too strong for me. Waffle House serves country ham and I regretted ordering it. My dad told stories about the smokehouse hams hanging at his parents farm. They sliced off [any molded parts](https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/What-should-I-do-about-mold-on-a-country-ham) and the ham was fine to bake and eat. Yeech ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/17 "2024-05-21T02:07:04Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Pork talk. Why am I all of a sudden turned on? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/18 "2024-05-21T02:23:57Z")
Actually have seen pig bung(do not confuse with a pork butt)in a meat counter. Close to the chittlin’s Same animal, just further south. Or pointing south. A more disgusting thing than I could dream of eating. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/19 "2024-05-21T02:32:49Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > > > Pork talk. > > Why am I all of a sudden turned on? Probably thinking of this ad campaign: > **[Pork industry seeks new slogan | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/pork-industry-seeks-new-slogan-1.895338)** > > For more than two decades, pork has been known as "The Other White Meat." Now industry insiders think it's time the meat got a new reputation. (I actually did see one of these billboards. Once. It was gone the next day. Don’t advert companies have a dedicated group of boy teenagers to review all ads for hidden sexual content? @kenobi_65 ?) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/20 "2024-05-21T03:00:06Z")
Not weird, but really hard to find in the US: Pork knuckle. It’s actually the knee. Slow roasted with the skin on, you crack it open and the meat just falls off the bone. It’s the first thing I look for when visiting Germany. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834.md?page=2)