# 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:** 4
**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 22, 2024, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/61 "2024-05-22T04:51:37Z")
There’s a well known Mississippi restaurant that’s famous for these pigs ear sandwiches on plain white bread. With mustard and Tabasco. Ummm…nope. ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/62 "2024-05-22T05:38:36Z")
I have this supplement that apparently has pig’s **spleen** , among other ingredients in it. My uncle bought it from a nutritionist’s office without tasting it first, later discovering it had a strong aftertaste. Yet I looked up a pig’s spleen confit recipe on the net. My roommates would commit me if I had a jar of that in our refrigerator so the pills would be preferable. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/63 "2024-05-22T05:47:22Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > “Umm, what’s ‘scrapple?’” One of them replied, “Everything from the pig but the oink!” There’s one other thing except the oink that isn’t present in Scrapple, at least in the US. All animal lungs have been illegal to sell in the US since 1971. If you’re eating pig lungs in any dish, they were obtained from an illicit source. > **[Opinion | Let Us Eat Lungs (Published 2023)](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/opinion/lungs-eat-usda-ban.html)** > > The Department of Agriculture’s ban on the organ makes no medical sense. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/64 "2024-05-22T06:11:14Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > …famous for these pigs ear sandwiches… The Crew love Pig Ears. But they eat Mouse, Rat, Raw Undead Squirrel and Cat Shit. Not gonna rely on their opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/65 "2024-05-22T11:52:47Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > (@Jasmine , sorry I got your name wrong) No prob, sweetie! 💯 ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/66 "2024-05-22T11:56:09Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > A local independent butcher shop sometimes offers “Pork Belly With Titties.” Yes, that’s what they put on the label! Sounds like what a hooker would call, “a tittie f\*\*\* with a fat john”. LOL ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/67 "2024-05-23T12:20:16Z")
If you’ve had a Full English Breakfast in the UK you would probably get [Black Puddiing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pudding). For a Full Irish you’d get [White Pudding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_pudding). ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/68 "2024-06-21T09:35:43Z")
So, how do you like your pig eyes cooked? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/69 "2024-06-21T14:22:26Z")
I’m not trying to hijack but the mention of fish lips reminds me that there are those who insist that the choicest morsel on a fish is the jowl. To get back to the pig parts, I have looked and looked and I cannot find hog hocks or pig’s knuckle that has not been smoked. My family used to cook raw pig’s knuckle in sauerkraut with potatoes when I was a child, and I would love to have it again. It’s good with smoked knuckle, but the unsmoked knuckle has skin that is thick melty heaven. Where can I find unsmoked pig’s knuckle? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/70 "2024-06-21T14:28:32Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > there are those who insist that the choicest morsel on a fish is the jowl. I order a whole grilled snapper whenever it is offered, and I agree with that. _But_, I’ve been told by a Chinese friend that the eyeballs are exquisite. I keep meaning to try one, ---
**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:** [June 21, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/71 "2024-06-21T14:36:18Z")
Happy Cake Day! ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/72 "2024-06-21T15:16:18Z")
I’m sorry, I don’t get this reference? Happy Cake Day to you too though. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/73 "2024-06-21T15:16:59Z")
On your birthday a slice of cake is displayed next to your nym. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/74 "2024-06-21T15:17:48Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > Where can I find unsmoked pig’s knuckle? If there’s an asian market near you, they almost always carry them. I’ve also seen them at Latin markets. Failing that, you can try talk to someone in the butchery department of your local store to see if they can special order them for you. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/75 "2024-06-21T15:18:07Z")
Oh, how clueless of me. Thank you for noticing. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/76 "2024-06-21T18:26:43Z")
Wait, that’s pie. Isn’t that your _doperversary_ ? Is it your birthday? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/77 "2024-06-21T18:33:33Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Wait, that’s pie. Looks to me like a slice of two-layer yellow cake with white frosting, decorated with a whole strawberry. Cake icon: 🍰 Pie icon: 🥧 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/78 "2024-06-21T18:49:04Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > to answer the OP, the only other _slightly_ “out there” pig part I have knowingly consumed is chitlins. Just one mention of chitlins so far? Well, all the better. It’s the food of last resort before cannibalism. Still has cultural significance though. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/79 "2024-06-21T19:08:57Z")
Oh. I see it now. Thx. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834/80 "2024-06-21T19:10:42Z")
Guts I cannot do. From any animal. I mess with chicken livers frequently for homemade pet treats. But not me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834.md?page=5)