# Pork and beans survey **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 27, 2001, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-and-beans-survey/95591 "2001-11-27T21:30:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lather\_rinse\_repeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@lather\_rinse\_repeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lather_rinse_repeat)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2001, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-and-beans-survey/95591/1 "2001-11-27T21:30:07Z")
Do you eat the pork in a can of pork and beans? I don’t, and I’m wondering how many people do. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-and-beans-survey/95591/2 "2001-11-28T00:19:10Z")
I don’t eat pork and beans, but everyone else in my family does. They all say yes they do eat the pork in the pork and beans from a can. ---
**Author:** ![mighty\_maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@mighty\_maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mighty_maxx)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-and-beans-survey/95591/3 "2001-11-28T00:24:39Z")
It’s the yummiest part. ---
**Author:** ![Tedster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@Tedster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tedster)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-and-beans-survey/95591/4 "2001-11-28T00:27:55Z")
I assume you are talking about that rather disgusting little square of ‘pork’ in the standard can of Pork&Beans… No. What I want to know is, how in the hell do they get away with calling it “Pork and Beans”; by law, most things have to be listed in the order of predominance-- so by all rights, it should be called “Beans and Little Disgusting Fetid Piece of Porkfat” ---
**Author:** ![mighty\_maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@mighty\_maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mighty_maxx)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-and-beans-survey/95591/5 "2001-11-28T00:34:02Z")
Acutally. I think the little piece of fat is supposed to melt into the beans when it is heated. Adding a pork flavor to the beans, its just a good guess. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-and-beans-survey/95591/6 "2001-11-28T01:25:06Z")
thats not pork, its the queen bean, and all the other beans are the worker beans! (thanks, dr stupid) ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-and-beans-survey/95591/7 "2001-11-28T04:00:46Z")
It’s been a long time since I had that food, but I think sometimes I accidentally ate it. Other times I would move it aside. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-and-beans-survey/95591/8 "2001-11-28T04:23:17Z")
\ I like pork!! \ ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-and-beans-survey/95591/9 "2001-11-28T04:32:12Z")
I always thought it equated with the worm in Mezcal, which, btw, is not true Tequila. Y’all don’t fight over it? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-and-beans-survey/95591/10 "2001-11-28T04:33:57Z")
I’d eat it when I was a kid. But I wont eat it now.