Pork!

[randomness]

In response to the ridiculous bans on pork imports from parts of North America by at least ten different countries, I propose that those of us who normally eat pork incorporate it into one more meal than usual. I started this morning with bacon. Mmmm, bacon.

I suspect these pork bans are more about raising a trade barrier than anything else.

Who's with me? For tasty pork, and against panic and protectionism!

Edit: added the word "imports" and reworded first sentence for clarity.

Comments

[bercilakslady.livejournal.com]

I hope you enjoyed your bacon. I myself have a perfectly reasonable ban on pork in my diet. (Kashrut, and the fact that I didn't find it tasty before the kashrut issue was an issue for me personally.)

It is a silly blanket ban, and I hope that people see that soon.

[theloriest.livejournal.com]

Mmmm... pork.

thanks

[cthulhia]

I was debating going to True Grounds for Coffee, and, they have really good bacon... so... now I have to go.

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Ooooo... bacon.

I love pork. *happy sighs*

[julianyap.livejournal.com]

I am, and I'm sure as this comes as a complete surprise to all, completely with you. More pork after 6.

In fact, for the duration of the crisis, I hereby declare that bacon is a vegetable for purposes of my vegetarian before 6 diet.

That's right, I said bacon is a vegetable.

[ceo]

I really should remember who it was who said "You can't get swine flu from pork unless it's undercooked. As in, so undercooked that it's still sneezing on you."

[flit.livejournal.com]

I don't eat a lot of pork since I'm actually allergic to it, but it just so happens that our "big meal o' the week" for this week has pork sausage from a local rancher as a major component. This wasn't intentional but I'm sort of smug nonetheless. Also their sausage is delicious (though their bacon is even better. Oh so good.)

[pekmez.livejournal.com]

pork and garlic sausage coming up for dinner tonight. mmm.
(Is *that* why it was on sale at whole foods?)

[holmes-iv.livejournal.com]

Oh, but who can resist the sweet, sweet taste of protectionism when mixed with the savory goodness that is grandstanding? <grin>

[cerebralpaladin.livejournal.com]

While some of it is protectionism, some of it is a different form of bad public policy. Egypt's internal pig cull will hurt their economy, not even help it in a "beggar thy neighbor" kind of way. That said, apparently most of the pig farming population in Egypt is Coptic (i.e. Christian), so this may be an aspect of crisis hits, so let's oppress the local religious minority! But my guess is that part of this is the "we need to be seen as doing something, even if the something is unproductive or bad."

Out of curiosity, have pork prices started falling yet in response to all this? That seems like a likely result, and provides an opportunity for the well-informed to get cheap and yummy pork products, but I haven't checked out the pricing.

[bloodstones.livejournal.com]

Last night I had goat cheese stuffed dates wrapped in bacon. I am of the opinion that everything is better if it's been stuffed with goat cheese and wrapped in bacon.

[irielle.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! I'll try to have a BLT sometime this week. Too bad I don't have a pig icon.

[fin9901.livejournal.com]

I call my favorite style of pizza "The Infidel": ham, bacon, and extra cheese.