Why billions of people won't eat pork (or why we don't know)

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"The Sacred Cow and the Abominable Pig, "1987 book by Marvin Harris about meat taboos: www.google.com/books/edition/...
2015 paper about how chicken may have supplanted pork in ancient Middle Eastern diets (not free): link.springer.com/article/10....
2015 paper showing that pig-eating persisted among ancient Israelites, particularly those in the Northern Kingdom: www.researchgate.net/publicat...

[@haroonhassan8115]

My man researched all of that just because he was intrigued why his pork videos didn’t do as good as the other ones

[@Sir_ArthurDayne]

haha underrated comment 😂

[@Ray-vm8ut]

😂😂😂

[@tarunm4534]

In western countries muslims eat pork and also drink alcohol. I have seen myself couple of times. So those people are not muslims?

[@lasergabe]

@@tarunm4534 I'm not sure. Do you consider them Muslim?

[@tarunm4534]

@@lasergabe I m not Muslim so I dont know that's why I asked another Muslim here.

[@Devlin20102011]

“All religions can make a beautiful website with square space” I’m so sorry to tell you about the Amish Adam...

[@RealHankShill]

Believe it or not, not all Amish dont use electricity...

[@forgetfuldullahan5468]

wait thats a religion? i thought that was just a lifestyle choice, like being a vegetarian or vegan.

[@jhonshephard921]

Amish can only use PHP 5 and pure html

[@budomino]

The Amish can use Square Space if they find it to be beneficial to their community and if it has zero risk of introducing sinful temptations Unfortunately, the prerequisite known as the Internet does not meet their criteria

[@VinceLyle2161]

The Amish are a specific group of Christians, not their own religion.

[@KatariaGujjar]

Chicken wasn't a major part of the middleastern diet until recently. The major animal consumed was goat/lamb, cattle, camel, and other birds like quail.

[@widodoakrom3938]

True

[@ilyassvids23]

cap

[@estinhewart]

Lamb is a baby sheep. They want to be with their families. Please make kinder choices for the future that our descendants will be proud of. Be on the right side of history. Live vegan

[@Smokedoutmazda]

​@@estinhewartlamb is very good

[@uffa00001]

I have read other sources saying that chicken raising pre-dates agriculture, though. Chickens are unique among birds, as they lay eggs and always keep the nest fully supplied. If a chicken has 4 eggs in his nest, and you get two of them, the chicken will lay two eggs (in three or four days) in order to bring back the number to 4. This was noticed since very ancient times. Also, chicken don't fly so they "lend themselves" to raising for eggs (and for meat).

[@nani-tl9zo]

another theory i've heard about avoiding pigs is about them being "only useful dead." cows and goats also produce milk, sheep also have wool, chickens also lay eggs, and so on but humans don't really get anything from a pig while it's alive

[@gabrielbernard5440]

pigs have a use if you use them free range, they will eat grass and insects and mice and dig out the ground, so in olden times they were used to dig up grassland and fertilize it and made it easier for the farmer to till the land. goats were first put there to eat shrubs and other hardy stuff, then pigs and poultry would take care of the rest. free range pigs were herded into oak forests, got fat on the nuts and then in autumn before food got sparse, most of them were offed. but if you did not have that around, pigs were less usefull.

[@caffeineted]

Pigs were also used to eat up food scraps. They were ancient garbage disposal.

[@Robert399]

Pigs were essential for waste disposal for people who lived in towns and cities.

[@pancakeho0e]

Markiplier's more cultured cousin

[@XY2Moroccoball]

He looks like markiplier xd

[@METALRAY31]

He does look like him 🤣

[@ariastrwn7933]

Yup hahaha

[@user-jk8vh3cw2x]

i see it now ur right

[@vishnu4234]

I can't unsee this now XD.

[@pathologicaldoubt]

Fun fact: Pumba in the original 2D “The Lion King” was a red color, because the animators took a trip to Africa for research before production began and noticed the wild warthogs in the savanna were bright red from rolling around in mud to keep cool. The bright caked mud is why the artists chose that color pallet for the character :)

[@MsZsc]

“Original 2d” you mean the only one i’ll recognize

[@Sam-pg8cs]

That’s kind of obvious but interesting

[@pleaseboi3410]

@@MsZsc lmao

[@-a13x-75]

MrZsc lmfao nerrrd

[@synchrolord]

Neat

[@Theire1]

I took care of a Arab man in the Hospital , he asked if we had any plates that had never had pork on them ... I am in North Carolina ... the best we could offer was to make sure his were extra washed ... That would be like going to Japan and claiming a taboo on fish. He was very understanding about it all , a good man

[@siphotheguy1870]

Why didn't you just go out and pick up some paper plates?

[@BabushkaTwerking]

​@@siphotheguy1870 my thoughts exactly

[@arercee5528]

@@siphotheguy1870 because it’s not required to cater to the needs of religious extremists (ANY religious extremists, not singling out Muslims). No pork and extra clean plates are more than reasonable accommodations. The man could have easily also demanded: not to have any women staff in sight of his room No staff with tattoos Turn off any elevator music take away any stuffed animals (toys resembling animals) Take down any pictures or art that resembles a human Any meat needs to come from a halal butcher An extra long smock that covers his knees If you say these things aren’t real, I’ve come across people who’ve demanded all of these things, they are all haram. Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, Christians all have their own lists, Islam’s list is just a little longer than the rest

[@ZeroXSEED]

@@siphotheguy1870 Hospital. Probably had safety codes and such. For that matter, the man himself seems to be overtly cautious about pork grease (I'm a Muslim myself and as former nurse, the way Hospitals clean untensil is hardcore).

[@alinaqirizvi1441]

I think washing should be enough from the point of view of Islamic law

[@thecollector5243]

I used to not eat as much pork because the cholesterol myth was still pretty prevalent. Recently, I discovered that in my region, there are now farmers that produce ancient breeds (you know, the ones with fur). The kicker for me was the following: if they are organically raised and can actually forage in the field, the omega-3 fatty acids contents of the meat rivals that of wild salmon. 🤯 I now even cook with lard again.

[@beholdenpie]

What's the breed

[@thecollector5243]

@beholdenpie Mangalitza (which is actually not that old a breed), Duroc and the Iberian black pig which is like 10,000 year old breed. There are also some races of which I don't know the English translation: the orange Protestschwein or the Bentheimer).

[@gabrielbernard5440]

you are what you eat, that is why farmed salmon and cows are also so low in omega3 bcs they are feed heavily on grain based feed.

[@turpasauna]

Those woolly ones are so cute!! And my cholesterol came down by eating a ton of pork one summer (especially fatty parts like shoulder). I was very ill with IBS and could not digest anything but meat and sugar (aka candy).

[@guillotineblade999]

. I asked a friend from India once and he gave the most insightful, and reasonable, answer. He said, he did not know that pigs were farmed animals (until, he learned about them here) and that in India pigs roam wild (they are not domesticated nor farm raised.) The reason they refuse to eat pork is mostly because: "pigs, in india, eat dead bodies, other dead animals and garbage."

[@theyoungfool.1895]

Huh, that’s pretty interesting and definitely understandable, meat from something that eats dangerous toxic foods probably shouldn’t be eaten especially if it just swallows it whole.

[@vaxel6873]

Not entirely true. Pigs are farmed for meat in India mostly in Kerala and Goa. Northeastern parts also consume pork.

[@blushingralseiuwu2222]

Oh, that's actually what my father taught me too

[@AjitKomurlekar]

@@vaxel6873 Kerala and Goa has more Christian population who copy European food culture. It's not native Indian culture. In fact in Indian states we do eat Wild Boar instead of Pigs/Pork.

[@AntonySachin]

@@AjitKomurlekar What do you mean by copying European food culture? Do Europeans eat Idli, dosa, puttu, chappati for breakfast and Rice + veg.curry, fish curry, beef curry... etc for lunch? In Kerala people of different community consume all types of Non veg. foods. Muslims are prohibited to eat Pork. That is the only difference. Kerala Christians are not Europeans to consume European food. Ignornace is not bliss.

[@mrgallbladder]

I'm from eastern europe and pork is probably the most commonly consumed meat, especially in rural regions, because it's simply the cheapest meat available. Don't know why, it just is. In fact, villagers who kept all forms of livestock, would butcher cows and sell them on the market, but leave the pork for themselves, because selling beef made you more money than selling pork, so they ate the cheaper meat and sold the more expensive meat.

[@GeorgeSemel]

Compared to beef cattle, pigs are a lot easier to raise and require a lot less space and feed. That is a factor in Europe. Lots of people with not much really open space until you get to the Steppes of Russia. And it gets very very cold. too far north. So pigs provide meat at reasonable costs. Here in the States Canada and Argentina, there is lots of open space along with good farmland for the grain, an overabundance of Beef is produced. Besides the pigs, we raise now is a leaner pig. And who does not like to eat a good center-cut pork chop? I will not get into bacon another must-have. Pork is a little less expensive here in the US, but beef is still affordable. It's all the different ways it can be cooked that make it all just so good to eat.

[@themastermason1]

Pigs and chickens are omnivores as Adam said. Since they can eat much of the same things as humans, they can eat the scraps and trimmings that humans don't and therefore can live in closer proximity. Cows, goats and sheep need large pastures to graze which limits where they can be raised. Pigs and chickens can be raised in cities and the supply chain would therefore be shorter. Given the fact that most of East Asia is lactose intolerant, cows aren't that useful outside of beef so pigs then take center stage. Unfortunately attempting to fuel China's love for cheap pork has led to overuse of numerous antibiotics and the rise of resistant bacteria.

[@raimondsstokmanis1892]

From Eastern Europe as well. Never really liked/like the taste of pigs meat. I find it chewy, and stinky. My dad would always add onions on the pan too , which made the smell even worse. It's like dirty old socks. Ribs are kinda tasty , but difficult to find good ones being sold in a store. And pork schaschlik is fine, but mostly because the meat is usually cooked to fuck , so you often taste charcoal anyway.

[@tortex1]

The quality of beef depends on the age of the cow: the younger, the better, more tender. But the main food from cows is milk and cheese, so you don't really want to kill your constant food source for a burst of meat. The exception is if you don't have enough space/resources for the increasing number, or it's a bull that you don't need for mating or can't sell. Pigs on the other hand give only meat so you slaughter them when it's convenient, whether that's when the price is higher, when you need food, or in winter. Or you can't keep feeding them and it's slaughtering them or letting them starve. And if you don't have refrigeration, it's safer to prepare the meat in the natural cold. I'm told my great-grandfather (mother's side) wouldn't have eaten pork in the summer no matter what, that was winter food since it would spoil too quickly in the heat.

[@last5902]

What really ? In my country pork is the most exspensive 😂.

[@margaretmcallister5422]

Before refrigeration, the rule of thumb in England was not to eat pork in a month which had no R in it i.e. May June July and August, because it was hot weather. Pork goes off quickly in hot weather. It might have been a simple way to avoid food poisoning. Same rule applies for oysters for this same reason. Most strict taboos are in the hotter countries. In the north, it's a guidance rather than an absolute rule.

[@Calliope1224]

Thank you I was literally wondering this the other day and you presented the information so well with such clarity, such a great video!

[@WhyYouMadBoi]

"Those chickens are eating grains, grains I could be eating instead directly. Those chickens are competing with me!" -Adam Ragusea

[@jojivlogs_4255]

And here, we see an adult male, preparing to face off against his natural rival; the orpington chicken

[@Pokemc0831]

There has been a mistake, you are serving me the food my food eats ~ Ron Swanson

[@bl1tz533]

We're top chicken.

[@bakedice6767]

Why I compete with chickens NOT other cooking channels

[@soggybrick772]

THE CHICKEN TOOK MY CHILDREN

[@kacimi]

I'm not sure if you're gonna see my comment but in Islam you actually can't eat animals such as goat if their main source of food is filth, nor can you drink their milk unless you put them on a clean diet for a little while, hence the shepherd has to be really careful on what to feed his stock.

[@hawarihawarii3363]

Yep

[@zainabns5501]

Yeah and you can't slaughter an animal in front of another. The diet of the animal has to be nourishing. Plus early Muslims didn't eat as much meat as today. It was more of a luxurious, need-based food. Kinda wished we cared about these things today

[@ammarokla7217]

Man Islam is truly a beautiful religion.

[@kaavi1391]

@@ammarokla7217 lmao

[@ammarokla7217]

@@kaavi1391 Give me a full sentence or dont bother commenting.

[@abchappell01]

That was an excellent discussion on the taboo of eating pork. I really enjoyed it. Thank you so much.😊

[@Limejuice305]

​@@hartraven67.. you must eat turkey bacon.. shut your mouth and enjoy a pork chop ....

[@wotizit]

​@hartraven67😊

[@ViCT0RiA6]

picturing a pig eating truffles is adorable, theyre just too cute to eat same with all the other animals

[@cinemaocd1752]

I'm surprised Adam didn't mention the "pork is the closest to human flesh" theory that I've heard before...

[@spiritpenguin3603]

You jest but wasn’t pig heart transplantable (kinda) to humans? Religions do condemn cannibalism...

[@Ali-xt2ex]

i heard that too

[@327legoman]

@@spiritpenguin3603 Yeah, certain parts. My Grandad had a pig's valve transplanted some 15 years ago.

[@maddison5154]

When I was school, some lads pealed some skin from there hands and held it over a Bunsen burner....they said it smelt like bacon. I can’t forget this 🙈

[@gracewhitene3912]

@@maddison5154 what

[@ArkayeCh]

Goat: Is in a circle full of grass. Also goat: *I will eat outside*

[@TheIncredibleAspie]

They’re not very smart animals

[@alonsocastro6742]

Why consume your limited resourses when you can raid the outer world and suck it dry?

[@alonsocastro6742]

Why consume your limited resourses when you can raid the outer world and suck it dry?

[@tom-mo-]

goats don’t care what there is to eat. They only care what else there is to eat.

[@MayankSingh-qg4zv]

coz grass is greener on the other side of the fence, thats literally where this saying comes from, im shocked that so many people didnt know

[@spacewater8800]

Amazing show, great way to explain this,

[@fu8713]

Wow amazing breakdown very informative 🤙🤙

[@danieljosephausten2662]

Did I just deliberately watch a 13-minute long history lesson by a *cooking* channel?

[@azen96]

Yeah, I recheck his chanel to ensure this is cooking chanel

[@BurningMoreXP]

Yes.. yes we all did.

[@QsPracticalNonsense]

Yes, yes we did.

[@kaan704]

I guess..

[@tedi7103]

Let's not forget he's a professor ;)

[@wackyworkbench]

Can we just appreciate how Adam was able to take perspectives from the 3 religions respectfully?

[@jonathandoe7343]

@racmaximus are there more texts on it?

[@leandrozuniga5634]

Adam was a cheater, he was cover on front of Eva but was seen naked all the time with his sister in-law Ema. Look at the book I am not lying to you.😳

[@wackyworkbench]

@racmaximus This is a surprisingly well-written explanation.

[@leandrozuniga5634]

@Swag Monke 🤣🤣🤣

[@MiguelAngel-go4ck]

Not every atheist is a redditor mate

[@patriciawatson3293]

Great job. Well done.

[@cherylwin9364]

THANKS FOR BREAKING IT ALL DOWN FOR US. EXCELLENT JOB 😇

[@SIDNITE12]

Adam Ragusea never fails to impress me with his ad transitions

[@lynnwilhoite6194]

😁

[@vibsh625]

Never fails to impress me with his courage.

[@internetcarson]

Linus "Tech Tips" Sebastian has entered the chat

[@ricardoalves9605]

The pig into the website transition was so clean

[@OwinBlazer]

It becomes a game of when's the sponsor for me

[@quezcatol]

here in sweden we have hällristningar "carved events" in mountains/rocks that shows swedes 4000 years ago hunting pigs with bows,sword and spears in the forest. thats 3000 years before vikings.

[@Yonteh]

Indeed. Historically, pigs have been and are very important to our culture here in Scandinavia. Just look how much pork there is on the Swedish Christmas buffé for example. In the old days winter was when the pigs were butchered to help us survive the winter.

[@tudorsana2438]

@@Yonteh same in romania

[@quezcatol]

@@Yonteh Yes, and norweigian forest cats with a thick fur for the winter, that viking women had was to protect the meat larder from rats, that was heavily salted to preserve it.

[@chestbumphero]

Yo that sounds awesome

[@Safouan0]

Danish flæskesteg is also a very prevalent Christmas food.

[@olepettergansmo3307]

This was very educational!

[@worldview730]

A very well researched & presented video. I can see why you have such a successful channel

[@tofu6599]

Meanwhile Farmer Ragusea in another universe: *Why I feed my wheat, not my pig*

[@Strahlenkatze.]

Lol

[@mrnormietron4186]

Long live the empire

[@mohidkhan4968]

lol

[@mohammedshaheen1429]

😂😂😂😂

[@canaldecasta]

You can "feed" your wheat with soil that contains pig, then use that wheat to feed your pigs, hence getting pig²

[@eddiedelzer8823]

I was raised on a pig farm, we had 200 head of brood sows I had to feed before school. At anyone time we had 150 to 300 piglets to sell. The problems with pigs is yes they will eat you and dig you up if they find you dead, like they did to the baby piglets that died and were buried. The biggest dangers from pigs are pig flu, and trichomonas, and yes worms. I feel that pig flu was the main reason for rejection World wide. I was sick for almost 6 weeks with a pig flu that I keep out of the school I was going to. The teacher almost flunked me, she didn't know how lucky she was I stayed home. Now for the best part, I had a pet pig that my mom would send upstairs to get me out of bed with a wet nose kiss in the morning not fun. I could call that pig and he would bring the whole hird to be fed or moved around the farm. That pig never once did anything in the house, he would go to the door to be let out. They are as smart as a dog and he liked to go on drives in the car. This all ended when he got over 250 lbs he then stay out with the herd. Pigs like mud on hot days and that mud could have salmonella and other unfriendly things growing in it. You do have to be careful around brood sows and piglets, I only got pulled in to a stall once. Fear of diseases from under cooked pork at a time when people didn't know what made them sick most likely responsible for the bad rap. 412 BC are found to be the oldest records of flu like symptoms.

[@TomAndersonn]

I hope you ate the pig 🐷

[@alexblue6991]

The crays English gangsters when they killed people they fed the dead bodies to the pigs

[@nazneenazizbeauty7721]

😷

[@johnblackbasel393]

@@nazneenazizbeauty7721 lol

[@blancamiranda778]

Thanks...very interesting always wondered...im a city girl(CHICAGO)🐷🐖🐽🍖🥓🥘

[@christophecamus8410]

Very interesting video thanks ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@zelh5969]

The thing I've never understood is when people refer to Leviticus in particular, to explain / defend the pork taboo, is that Leviticus similarly prohibits a whole bunch of other foods that no-one outside of a committed Vegan seems to have a problem with.

[@Shimeih]

I didn’t think I would finish this video but I was so captivated

[@tahamohammad1741]

Same it’s just too interesting to skip

[@alisalih1492]

Same here

[@gettingbetter4038]

same here

[@oki8445]

hes the food vsauce

[@Marksman791]

😂😂😅😅😅😅

[@bensavage3463]

Monday’s episodes should be called “food for thought.“

[@leafsubsides]

Ur a fucking genius💯

[@samoanj8081]

Absolute savage

[@ajthebestguy9th]

genius

[@averagefreedomenjoyer3427]

Are you here from fish for thought ?

[@keesalemon]

Amazing idea!! Adam please do this!!

[@theofficialgreenkane9645]

Pork taste like sweet chicken. If you’ve ever ate phat on beef steak, it has a similar sweet taste. Bacon is chewy / crunchy (depending) Ham has a sweet taste to it, almost like meat dipped in maple syrup or honey. Best way I can describe.

[@PurpleSwan]

Once you have eaten a pork chop, there is no way you will let anyone tell you that you cannot eat it, again.

[@Barbara-jq2se]

Re:comment: 👆Um, I used to eat pork chops at 1 point in my life & I don’t have an issue with not eating them anymore. But I think it’d be a great idea for you to check out a really good Bible & look into the book of Leviticus 11: 7, 8, if you can continue reading the rest of the chapter. God’s not playing around with your health instead He wants you to be healthy & truly safe from the diseases that pigs & other “un-clean” animals possess inside their bodies. We humans were really meant to eat other foods & leave the animals alone that He stated aren’t for consumption. I’ve looked into this myself & this is a “potent” “serious” issue facing each person. Health vs. Un-Heathy! We’re all gonna have to face our creator with an accountability.

[@sasakalak4681]

bro, nothing can compare with the neck part on the grill...2 minutes on the each side, no steak can compare with that :)

[@PurpleSwan]

Baloney! You are misreading the Bible. God put animals here for us to use. What are you talking about un-clean? There are not more animals that are unclean other than chickens and ducks. When you read something, you need to know who really wrote it and that pork taboo comes from people of the Jewish faith from long times ago. I doubt if they ever had bacon for breakfast or they would be singing a different tune.

[@ZAMINA1985]

You spelt bacon wrong.

[@Sleepyirishcoffee]

@@Barbara-jq2sewhatever God has made we cannot call common or unclean

[@chrismatorium8993]

Now I challenge historians to make a cooking video.

[@ouya_expert]

Something something wine brined turkey is on the left

[@tukicat1399]

Tasting History, max miller, the townsends..

[@bon7029]

Never seen Tasting History I take it?

[@lisasetiawan3552]

I convince that you've never heard mrs. Crocombe

[@truthhurtz2793]

@@bon7029 Love that guy !!

[@scottwatts3879]

Thumbs up. When I was a kid, my grandpa raised pigs in his retirement. They ran free-range, cleared rocks from fields, and he tended them (water, some corn, some alfalfa) twice a day. Big thing here: NO SMELL. Then as a teenager, I drove past a more modern hog farm....the stench was unbelievably bad. My mother explained that the stench was from penned pigs lying in their filth, and grandpa's pigs had been free to roam and set up a pig society on a hundred acres.

[@TobiasC-mg4zk]

Their feed also affects how their droppings smell. I raised some pigs years back and they were free range and fed mainly organic feed without GMO corn which has BT toxin that kills insects by rupturing their innards. When mammals eat BT toxin is causes inflammation of the guts and severe diarrhea and bloating. My piggies were out busy rooting for rhizomes and healthy roots and supplemented with slops, curdled dairy and organic grain. Their poop was innocuous and about as stinky as out cows poops were. Pigs also housetrain themselves instinctively and never poop where they eat or sleep unless they have no other option.

[@nizaru100]

could you eat a Wild ape even if he is 100% Herbivorous ? Ex: gorilla are strict Herbivorous and do live in Jungle (everything is Natural ) but I doubt 99% you'll say : Gorilla are OK to eat (even if they weren't an endangered specie) , But because this closeness to Humans , we feel disgusted to eat apes and monkeys ! Well swine are one of the closest animals to Human in their digestive system ! An Omnivorous 4-limbs animal Shouldn't be eaten by humans !

[@chrishooge3442]

Whenever we confine livestock it gets messy. A cattle feed lot, a chicken house, a pig pen all end up getting churned to mud and excrement. Even horses confined into too small a space eventually strip it down to just dirt.

[@telman222]

as an advanced civilization we shouldn't eat any sentient being.@@nizaru100

[@stephenpower8723]

@@nizaru100 how would you know unless you tried it? Horse meat is popular in France. In Japan, lamb is considered cruel because they're fluffy little babies. In China & Korea, some people farm and eat dogs. Some African cultures eat primates; I'm not against the idea, there just aren't any around here for me to try.

[@nizamieminov3648]

Very perfect explanation.

[@ericjames9475]

Good information

[@carternotsteve2242]

I love how he uploads every three to four days, reliably, I've watched every video!

[@LukaBastinHowes]

Mondays, Thursdays, and sometimes on the weekend for special sponsored videos!

[@KiroZero15]

Also appreciate it

[@nicopan3630]

I've literally watched all his videos. One of my fav yters for sure

[@antoinerobert3549]

Mondays Info, Thursdays Recipes

[@jasonlieberman4606]

I think the majority of folks who do this professionally adhere to a weekly schedule

[@menoyuno8430]

"pigs only resort to filth when we humans leave them with no other option" oh man i had no idea poor pigs

[@mrhossein1976]

nice answer

[@WmG2004]

@T bird When talking about them resorting to filth he was talking about them covering themselves in it.

[@AscendtionArc]

@T bird I mean, I don't think there's any animal that, when given the choice between fresh food and excrement, with trace nutrition in it, will pick the excrement (with the exclusion of species that can only digest food by eating it twice; but even then, with the example of rabbits, given the choice between fresh vegetables and their grassy droppings, they'd probably pick the vegetables first).

[@austenhead5303]

My mother told me that years ago. She grew up in a village in Serbia. They were pretty comfortable, money wise, so she had a big grassy yard, and well-built sties, and she raised pigs for a while as a hobby and had a giant sow who would follow her around like a dog and whom she would feed apples out of her hand, and so on. So these were really nice-looking, well-behaved, clean pigs, who were free to roam around in the yard and orchard during the day. Word got around about how lovely my mother's pigs were and some dude from the village came begging to buy one of the female piglets to start raising this great stock himself (he assumed it was a special breed, I guess, though it wasn't), and finally my mom gave in and sold him one, and like a couple days later he comes to complain about how she sold him a sick piglet. It wasn't eating, he said. So my mother makes a house call and finds her piglet in some awful sty, ankle-deep in muck and completely miserable. So she tells him off, makes him clean out the sty and put a fresh layer of straw down, and she makes him wash the trough and mix up a fresh batch of food - only for one meal at a time, and while he's doing that she's sort of cuddling and comforting the piglet, and when he's finished, they let the piglet back into the clean sty, serve up the fresh chow in a clean trough, and the piglet just goes to town on the food. So my mother's all, "Won't eat, huh?" and this back-and-forth gets going about how he didn't know Mom's pigs required morning massages and goose down mattresses, and on the other hand, how my mother hadn't realised he wasn't fit to raise pigs or she wouldn't have sold him one, and so on. It went on for years, until my mom eventually left the country. Every time he saw her, like at the store or something, he'd inform her of which brand of Champagne the piglet was drinking this week, etc. Long story short, pigs are smart and social and they strongly prefer clean living conditions and good food. But people just give them the bare minimum they need to survive and then call them dirty. People suck.

[@WmG2004]

@@austenhead5303 Wow.. A piglet sad about dirty surroundings and not eating filth, that story is really interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@MikeClements-sv3bi]

Thanks for this video. Very informative. I'll pass this information on to our pet pig! Great stuff.!

[@MuhammadAliInTheRing]

My hypothesis is that eating pig was too close to eating humans, therefore it became taboo to some just like cannibalism is. According to Japanese soldiers who were reduced to cannibalism on remote islands in WWII- humans and pigs taste very similar to each other, as well as having other similarities with humans like you noted.

[@tw8464]

There might be something to that. Pigs are smarter than the other farm animals and more similar to humans than the other farm animals.

[@CB-ht9ow]

@@tw8464humans are also made of 80% same stuff as a banana. Could that mean something 😮🧐

[@Wheyooo]

even a pigs hart is useable in a hart transplatation, also dead meat is forbidden and if they eat the dead they absorb the dead and it becomes a part of them

[@richie_0740]

my theory is that its cause of the desert enviroment. the only religion that forbade eating pigs were muslims and jews, and both of them originated in the hot desert enviroment of the arabian peninsula, pig meat spoils faster in hot enviroment, so farming those kinds of animals are far more costly than goats and lambs

[@tw8464]

@CB-ht9ow good point, but why are we using pig organs for humans and not another animal? There is already someone who is 5% pig and pig 95% human. It could wind up 50-50 pig-human.

[@GothicPoet93]

I had always heard that the taboo came from the danger of raising pigs rather than the danger of eating them. Because pigs have a very similar biology to humans, it is very easy for them to become a transmission vector that allows a virus to jump from animals to humans. In fact, human meat is sometimes referred to as "long pork", and many firemen give up pork after their first experience with a real burning human because burning human flesh smells very close to cooking pork.I grew up beside a pig farm here in Canada, and the rules for farming pigs are extremely strict due to their ability to pass diseases on to humans. A modern pig barn is actually a remarkably clean environment, and you have to have a decontamination shower before you enter or exit the facility. You also have to wear a disposable "clean suit" and hairnet and shoe covers, very similar to ones seen in hospitals.

[@krewa578]

Oh thanks for info

[@_netnavi_]

I doubt they would have had the foresight or prior knowledge to understand that or come to that conclusion at the time.

[@kaiceecrane3884]

@@_netnavi_ doesn't mean you won't notice patterns even if you don't know why the patterns occur

[@meric159]

@@_netnavi_ We have modern cannibals. What makes you believe that ancient humans didn't kill and consume each other in desperation to survive harsh climates before language and writing were even an idea? Wild boar evolved in 780,000 BCE, they were first domesticated into pigs in 13,000 BCE. It would not have taken a hungry human long to realize that when cooked and consumed in desperation human meat tasted and smelled like wild boar or the reverse. Also modern biologists use the flesh of pigs to test disease and decay rates of human flesh as it is noted to be the most human like without being human.

[@dugtrioramen]

@@kaiceecrane3884 yeah, a lot of old cultures have surprisingly effective medicine, and systems of stuff. They clearly don't understand it all, but they just notice it works and do it. I'm sure people who've eaten pigs have gotten more sick than those who haven't

[@hashiramasayan162]

This guy got so concerned that his pork recipe videos got less views so he decided to make a video on pork awareness 😂

[@rahulmagadi654]

Lmao 🤣

[@FenceThis]

No, he just simply made a video to show how reluctant pork eaters lack solid or even logic arguments, aside from just personal animosities, for their distaste for cutlets

[@avacyn9946]

@@FenceThis humour

[@aidenorpington4637]

Lmaoooooooo

[@cursed_potato7604]

@@bakinitright6637 bruh

[@mridlon1634]

There are myths in the ancient Middle East pre-dating Islam, Christianity, and even Judaism that speak of the gods becoming so enraged with a certain tribes of humans behaving in a animalistic/evil way, and were cursed by taking the form of the first pigs; and were marked as unclean by the gods for consumption. Consuming pigs may have been seen in such cases as a kin to cannibalism, because the were once human. Which would be my only theory as to why.

[@souhailfellaki9289]

its also mentioned in Quran that a tribe were transformed by God into pigs and apes bcz they did some really evil deeds

[@sunnymckenzie1522]

I heard that too

[@RommelManurung]

This story reminds me of Ghibli’s movie: Spirited Away, where the main character’s parents turned into pigs by deities. Probably inspired by similar (men turned into pigs) Japanese old folklore.

[@fl5537]

Those who broke the Sabbath were transformed into apes and or pigs as a punishment. - Qur'an 5:60 Does this mirror what you are saying about people behaving like pigs so they get transformed into pigs?

[@fl5537]

​@@RommelManurung That's in the Qur'an 5:60 - maybe it's a reference to those who broke the Sabbath in Qur'an 2:65

[@hippocraticoaf8798]

My pigs keep clean. When I put them in a new pen, it takes them about 3 days for them to pick one area to poop which makes it easy for me to clean. Unlike my cows, who poop anywhere and will sleep on it when there are clean places to sleep. Plus pigs are great at cleaning hillsides, which would be difficult for me to clear.

[@javahonest5720]

But cows don’t eat even dirty grass as you know. I don’t care where they sleep, it gives pure milk and healthy meat to eat. I don’t have to say anything about pigs. Used to live in las vegas, there’s this place when we cross the road, oh boy, the pig farm they said was far from that road but even inside the car you would close your nose, so no, no matter how clean is pig I wouldn’t even touch it…🤭

[@Lejeron]

⁠@@javahonest5720chicken eat poop too, cows stand on their own manure during winter time. Your just avoiding reality at this point. Everything you eat does something which is considered dirty in islam.

[@user-qy5dr7wg3q]

And yet they're not forbidden to eat. We simply don't eat pork because our god forbade us to eat it. We don't need any other particular reason. We wouldn't eat it even pigs were to be the cleanest animals on the​ planet @@Lejeron

[@javahonest5720]

@@Lejeron the other user is right about pig being forbidden by our God. No matter what we wouldnt eat, thats first. Standing on its own manure doesnt mean eating it. I havent heard getting tapeworms from chicken meat but from porks yes, so you judge. Anyway, pigs and chicken are absolute non comparable animals to us...

[@Lejeron]

@@javahonest5720 in reality, i’ve eaten pork all my life, it nourishes and builds muscle very fast due to high amounts of protein. All that talk about it being bad for you is so outdated and simply ridiculous when you look at nutritional facts.

[@mutinyonthekitkat]

"Dogs look up to you, cats look down on you, but a pig looks you straight in the eye as an equal."

[@PrincessOfSpace42]

Was that supposed to be funny? Because i had to laugh.

[@nicholascho64]

no they dont

[@scottleft3672]

"All animals are equal but some are more equal than others."

[@VeganV5912]

@Fourthaccount Fr doe stop banning my ass .. vegan or a hypocrite 😩🦠💩🍖🔴.... ???

[@casono]

@@scottleft3672 is that Animal Farm or am I just crazy?

[@red_five1542]

"Never wrestle with a pig, you both get dirty and the pig likes it" - George Bernard Shaw.

[@charlesborders2893]

IT GOOD TO GET DIRTY HOW IN THE HELL CAN YOU MAKE A LIVEN EVEN YOUR WIFE -WASHES HER FACE IN THE WATER HER ASS WITH AN YOU KNOW MEN DO ---SO AN SO AGEN !!! AN SO A LITTLEO DIRT WANT HURT LITTLO YOU

[@charlesborders2893]

HAVE YOU EVER WRESTLE A PIG IN MUD HELL IT'S IS A LOTA FUN PEOPLE USED TO DO IT ALL TIME INJOYED IT GOOD MEMORYS

[@charlesborders2893]

@Wyeil Arbukle ILOVE YOU HOPE YOU ARE A GIRL THE WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE BLESS YOU TO DAY AN FOR EVER

[@charlesborders2893]

@Wyeil Arbukle NO I WAS SPEAKING OF A NICE WOMAN MY FRIND AS IN TAST

[@bluebird6327]

@@charlesborders2893 What and also why do u have caps?

[@rafaelrodrigues4088]

If pigs are dirty… What about chickens??

[@TheRealBillix]

Very dirty

[@doublem1975x]

It’s addressed directly in the video. In summary chickens are more efficient at converting waste into nutrients, they produce an extra protein source in eggs and their small size allows them to be more easily slaughtered and cooked before they go bad (which is a big plus pre-refrigerators).

[@PavanMehta]

Need a similar video on why most west and northern India does not eat much meat.

[@lunix3259]

In Islam, you're not allowed to eat pork, anything that has a set of canine teeth (dogs, cats, etc) and animals that lives in two different habitats (water and land like frogs). And by your definition, no it's not exactly strict. If a Muslim was to be stranded in an island and the only prey available is pig, then it is fine to consume that pork to survive. It's just not halal to consume it daily or for any other time. A lot of Muslims like to leave out this information, for idk what reason, but I think it is important to mention, it might clear up some misconceptions.

[@compassisland7382]

I don't know why but I love this comment 😘

[@homiebear4201]

I’m sorry but to correct you on your comment, if a Muslim was stranded in a island and the only food was a pig, they still won’t eat it because they have faith in Allah. So yeah

[@anis8832]

@@homiebear4201 nope,there are certain muslim imam allowed muslim eating pork when there are urgency to do so, especially when the time where you need to sacrifice between life or faith, they allow to choose life instead of faith. this depend on the hadith where Allah ask us to take care of our life in any condition from illnesses, accident or anything.just dont extravagant the condition by taking advantage to eat fully.enough untill you survive. i suggest you to read this link muftiwp.gov.my/en/artikel/irsyad-usul-fiqh/4347-irsyad-usul-fiqh-series-52-suspension-of-friday-prayer-is-it-considered-as-prioritizing-life-compared-to-religion

[@lunix3259]

@@compassisland7382 😀 tbh I posted this because I know some Muslims treat pork like it's disgusting piece of meat when in reality they can eat it in certain situations in order to survive and pray another day. And a pig is just another creation from Allah, so why treat it so bad when you can just be respectful and tolerant of what other people eat when they themselves don't even consume it.

[@lunix3259]

@@homiebear4201 They "won't" eat it? You comment is unclear and false. The fact is they can in certain survival conditions. It's permissible, Allah says so man, in Al Baqarah 173. It's no longer haram. I learnt this in Islamic school.

[@GeneSelkov]

Note how the pig taboo is geographically associated with water scarcity; also note that we share multiple parasites that are unique to humans and pigs. Living in close quarters with pigs, without modern hygiene, with limited water supplies and drainage incurs serious risks; more serious in populations that are weak and malnourished, which was a prevalent condition for most humans in most parts of the world, until recently.

[@amanewithjesus5244]

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life

[@Adventist9917]

@@amanewithjesus5244 That's a weird translation... I like "begotten son" better, because other verses say angels are children of God. Begotten means basically biological, so your translation causes unnecessary confusion. But thank you for sharing. 😊❤

[@SirWorksalot]

What about South East Asia? The place is very rainy.

[@johnslugger]

*Agree. Swine Flue H1N1 virus strain is one of the worst! Also pigs and humans are so closely related many organs of a pig work in humans for origin transplants. Most people don't know that MOST human diseases are MADE MAN from living in close quarters with live stock. Whats REALLY gross is that the 5 major venereal diseases are traced back to people having sex with their livestock. We sure are a Horny bunch of apes!*

[@Bashar-ro4cc]

How about we search about Pork Tapeworm !

[@chudchadanstud]

When scientific evidence meets religion. Irrationality always wins because that is the most comfortable state of mind.

[@donjoy1231]

Bro you have a good experience

[@learntocrochet1]

I new a fella that had a few pigs. He periodically moved their home to another fenced pasture. He also made them a shower. He dug a deep hole and filled it with gravel. Over that he put a platform with a shower mechanism. The pigs learned to push a lever that turned the shower on for a few minutes. The loved it! Also, the pigs always had access to shade trees. Happy clean pigs!

[@cals4991]

Happy pigs make better 🥓 🥪

[@HAIRHOLIC_1]

I once saw this gigantic pig in a public farm park in London, it was enormous, I’ve never seen a pig that big, he was literally as big as a car, and it was rolling in the mud together with his own piss and dirt, he wasn’t confined in that area because he had plenty of space to roam around in the park, but he chose to roll in his own mess, I swear after I’ve seen that humongous pig it did indeed put me off of eating them fr fr 🤢 so I can imagine why many people won’t eat them and why they didn’t in the old times

[@HAIRHOLIC_1]

@@dirtydingus5465 i don’t own a dog, and yes I’ve seen that disgusting video, that’s one other reason why we don’t eat people too 🤷🏽‍♀️😂😂

[@Chuked]

@Heywood Jablowme bruh meat is good

[@Aali-nm4zk]

Clean on the outside probably not on the inside tho

[@NabilAbdulrashidComedy]

I like the way you’ve done this respectfully. Very rare these days.

[@pgh412east]

Respectful, respectful... Did you hear how he talked about goaty. 🐐 Lol. Yes. Very good. Informative and respectful.

[@ManpreetSingh-kg9os]

If you surf a lot you will get respectful videos as well. Might be your recommendation are toxic.

[@santalofty5206]

@@pgh412east Goaty?

[@TheMasterOfCornedy]

@@santalofty5206 the nickname he gave to the goat while talking about it. apparently the previous commenter is offended by that

[@yultihaif6415]

Literally everything today is respectfully said and politically correct, I dont know in which planet you live Mohamed

[@janearcher3834]

Thank you for addressing this issue. I don't subscribe to food taboos for religious reasons, or clothing taboos, or any taboos related to religion for that matter. It all comes down to people trying to outwardly demonstrate affiliation with a group. Additionally it is an exclusive act, meant to exclude others from their group.

[@jim4.403]

You guys make me want to join Costco, now.

[@earlcoli5607]

I once heard the Brazilian secretary of agriculture explain that if you live in a desert ecosystem, you cannot afford to have pigs in an oasis because they will compete with humans for food and are destructive.

[@farticlesofconflatulation]

True. Feral pigs are devastating to farmland in Texas.

[@animeanibe]

@Galactic Minds Care to provide evidence for pork causing the most cancer?

[@vagabaassassina3461]

é meme é?

[@markmoreno7295]

Earl, I raised pigs and they are very destructive creatures. So much so that I believe they would not survive alone in a desert environment. Peccaries are a different animal. Camels do well in the desert as do goats. Still, I prefer pork often enough due to its price. Lamb is way too expensive. Not mentioned is the difficulty of killing these animals. I still believe a lot less meat would be consumed if people had to off their own critters.

[@somnorila9913]

@@markmoreno7295 For sure. It's a lot less enticing when you have to hear their screams, to see and feel how they twitch when you kill them. I do think that maybe we eat too much meat. But i guess not eating at all may have its own issues too. So probably the better approach is to at least respect your kills. To acknowledge that you are taking a life, to own your action. I suppose it would also persuade people to not waste food, to use all parts of an animal carcass. Like it used to be long ago when people were better integrated with nature and not like now when we are chopping it up to follow our whims and we don't even care about its sacrifice, about our loss. We just almost mindlessly consume everything and waste like half. It's like we're a serious illness on our environment that will die at some point and take us with it. The kicker is that the planet can bounce back, we not so much. So we're basically committing suicide in mass and we seem that we can't even stop anymore, like we already pushed the trigger and the bullet is now flying.

[@Phatboy-rv2oz]

This has to be the most controversial peppa pig episode

[@hannibalbarca7220]

Lmao

[@lissarodrigues8950]

😂.

[@mathewgoedderz2261]

cubed pork is just a peppa pig jigsaw puzzle

[@zeusathena26]

Great statement!🤣🤣

[@cj5177]

😂

[@thinkagain8179]

Very intelligent presentation about pigs, never thought I could find a discussion about these creatures interesting.

[@oompaloompah]

If you are Muslim then the answer is just "God said so"

[@sravasaksitam]

well it's the same for the other guys too

[@robbieh440]

What a legend for putting the sponsor at the end of the video.

[@homosexualbiologicalmaleexit]

the peaceful animals must be kept safe

[@banimoshe]

That means his videos are watched 'till the end, which is odd these days.

[@KryzysX]

@@homosexualbiologicalmaleexit Said the homosexual biological male only 🤡No, animals are meant to be eaten and used.

[@guysumpthin2974]

The fat of swine will combine with your insulin, and get stored as fat . Swine stores an unimaginable amount of toxoplasmosis. “Do not even touch its dead carcass” -Leviticus. Pigs eat their own poop , even when they don’t need too . Eating large amounts of ham every day will eventually cause your throat to close like a knee jerk reaction. Beef doesn’t do that.

[@guysumpthin2974]

“Do not even touch it’s dead carcass “ - Leviticus

[@himynameisfeli]

"I've seen a pig eat a man. In fact, I've seen many pigs eat many men." Frank Reynolds

[@muhammedgomaa8657]

Yeah I was thinking of that as well

[@davekachel]

Makes me think about how many omnivores/carnivores are eaten by humanity

[@mr_0n10n5]

No joke Where I grew up, there are stories of farmers with pigs, dogs and cows which end up killing people and children. I watched a pig eat a dead guy who got hit by a truck in town. It freaked the living shit out of me.

[@kallelaur1762]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKm4qqGImd-tqa8&ab_channel=Movieclips "be wary of any man who keeps a pig farm"

[@TheCBehr]

It was a bloodbath

[@matthewakian2]

Very interesting.

[@cynthiasolomon6383]

When I was a little girl we would go to my cousin's house in Louisiana and she had a Beautiful garden with beautiful veggies my favorite was her Collard greens and she would cook them with Fat back/pork those were best greens, but now I use Turkey but every now and then go back to that Fat back the flavor is amazing Lol.Peace

[@James-xo8dl]

As if a video about cooking rice wasn’t divisive enough, Adam decides to bring up the topic of religion.

[@GoinGreninja]

@Vatan Kömürcü Planet sized balls of Adamantine.

[@GoinGreninja]

@horriblepancake Agreed. That's what happens when somebody without bias says things.

[@serdiezv]

It's not an issue because that's what happens when a person does something with the intention of bringing information to the table, and not starting a shitstorm. There's no positioning on wether it's right or wrong to not eat pork, he just says there's nothing to indicate it's actually bad.

[@MorbidEel]

For some people cooking rice IS religion so in light of that it is just more of the same ;)

[@canesugar911]

@horriblepancake who is upset? Instigator.

[@Shaun.Stephens]

My history teacher (back in the early 1970s) told me that people from that part of the world mandated against the eating of pork because pigs ate human corpses that were left for 'sky burials' on hilltops. They were also known to disinter corpses from shallow graves. Chickens rarely do that. So it wasn't about hygiene at all, rather about not eating fellow humans (by proxy). Cud-chewers were obvious grass eaters and so didn't eat your grandparents.

[@a-drewg1716]

There is also the fact that pig's anatomy is extremely similar to humans. Even more similar then apes I believe. Then there is also the case where cannibals' have been interviewed and have said that human meat tastes very similarly to pork. With the prevalence in many early religions to practice ritual cannibalism if a connection between the taste of pig and human was found then it can be seen that when people questioned eating humans they would also question the morality of eating pigs.

[@XiELEd4377]

@@a-drewg1716 and the taste of burning humans- smell like pork when you cook them

[@Thestraycat6]

@@coral250 thanks coral

[@arcan762]

Sounds like a plausible reason for why dogs are also taboo to keep in those religions too, as they would also eat any corpses lying around.

[@frankalvarez7387]

at least i know how to season a booty if needed lol

[@DisneyJF]

Very Informative. Thank you.

[@roddy6667]

Pork is avoided in desert areas because they need a lot of water.There is hardly enough for humans.

[@aishaluminsa6505]

Camel 😂😂

[@johnbaker6125]

One thing people don't know is that a pig will yield more meat per pound of body weight than any other source of red meat including beef, lamb or goat. In Appalachia, long before the introduction of the Russian wild boar, people would let their pigs run free in the forest all year then herd them down to their homesteads for slaughter and winter. Pigs then were eating foraged forest foods, not waste and they didn't wallow in their own feces. Given a choice, pigs prefer to be clean and have clean water. Right now, the most valuable hams on the planet are from a certain breed of free roaming pigs in the mountains of Spain that eat a forest diet.

[@uffa00001]

Pigs are also raised in woods in the Monti Lepini, South Lazio region, in Italy. They end up in the Prosciutto di Bassiano DOP. In the Lepini mountains one can see groups of dozen pigs driven by shepherd dogs, but one can also see isolated pigs when hiking in the mountains, at low altitudes.

[@kyler247]

They eat acorns

[@lenblack1462]

Pork is white meat.

[@Rutherford_Inchworm_III]

Having eaten free range forest pig, I'd say whatever standardized slop they give them at the feedlots is surely an improvement. I didn't care for the flavor at all, VERY gamey and highly variable depending on the season (sometimes very nutty from acorns, other times virtually inedibly skunky). With that flavor, I can understand why wild pigs are rampaging through large parts of the US countryside: if there's no control over the diet, there's no guarantee the meat won't be wormy and taste terrible, so nobody can make money selling it.

[@numbersstationsarchive194]

Which is why, as a reform Jew, I refuse to adhere to backwards practises that have been obsolete for thousands of years.

[@HierophanticRose]

Also, another thing is, most civilizations now that have a nomadic history also eschew or at least do not use pork in their cuisine. This is due to the fact that, unlike sheep and cattle, pigs are not very well suited to nomadic pastoral life. Their build and endurance just is not built for it.

[@anindustryplant7449]

Sorry for the late reply but I just have to say that is insanely clever to put together

[@pamelaguerra3768]

It makes sence that that they wouldn't eat a lot of pork if their culture has that kind of background but it doesn't make a lot of sence that they would need a rule against it

[@gj1234567899999]

Mongols are probably the example of nomads and they have no problem with pork.

[@HierophanticRose]

@@gj1234567899999 Southern Mongols have been under Heavy Chinese Influence since Middle Ages and even before, you will not find much pork in Ulaanbaatar I can tell you that from personal experience.

[@Nogu3]

@@HierophanticRose As someone who lived nomadically on the steppe for a fair time, I agree. Nomadic life isn't preferable for pigs compared to the usual suspects of livestock used in Mongolia: horses, sheep, camels, yak and such. Its also to note that pigs entered the mongolian diet in larger scale following their introduction from China, especially during the Yuan dynasty and from cultural exchange with Goreyo, or Korea. However, pigs were very very important during the era of colonisation, due to pigs having very sturdy constitutions that allow them to survive in difficult circumstances with limited food. They can survive off human waste, food scraps, do not suffer from the regular shock of infertility that animals like horse suffer after sea voyages and are intelligent and coordinated enough to survive and thrive on their own in the wild. While pigs aren't too suited to nomadic lifestyles, they are excellent at sea voyages or long journeys that require a hardy, sulf sufficient food source.

[@malectric]

Interestingly there is a type of pig that can graze (eat grass). It is called a kunekune. My brother-in-law used to keep some roaming around on his farm and they produced a much more flavourful meat than the insipid mass-farmed pork you find in the supermarket. A socially-inspired taboo has a parallel in India re eating beef ((but for a different reason, cows being somehow sacred).

[@theobserver9131]

I was at a Rainbow gathering back in the 80's, sitting at a campfire, tripping my head off, people banging on drums, and suddenly all the people around me turned into pigs. I had never seen pigs playing drums before. Pork has never been the same to me since.

[@mrsqueak4837]

Oof, I scrolled too far and almost fell into the rabbit hole. Good thing I got out before getting swept away by the sea of arguments. Too many are trying to convince others of what's right and wrong. Eat what you want to eat, believe what you want to believe, but respect others for who they are. If you are unable to understand, accept or live with people who are different than you, you are the one at fault.

[@fabricatorgeneralchadius1114]

Thank you for this sanity check point

[@Bentleyj06]

Oof i almost read the whole thing

[@RsKnDR0991]

@@Bentleyj06 Hey now be nice :) (:

[@turkoisevfx34]

I couldnt agree more

[@farmuhqas]

I really want to eat a dog and a cat right now. Anybody got any pets I can have.

[@LeoStaley]

As someone who got a degree in anthropology and religion, I'm quite pleased with how well Adam handled this.

[@terenceherming1838]

You could give him a papal knighthood if he's lucky.

[@prankshow5255]

@@terenceherming1838 whats that?

[@marianquarshie4107]

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[@ClosertoBooks]

As someone who thinks a lot of what typically goes on in anthropology departments is a lot of nonsense, I don’t care if you’re that pleased. Marvin Harris, whose ideas are present throughout this video, did a very poor job of reading the Old Testament and came up with a straw man argument against the Books of Moses. Harris has a lot of just *crackpot* ideas.

[@LeoStaley]

@@ClosertoBooks even from a religious perspective, the categories are hard to make sense out of. Lots of theorizing by Christians and Jews alike have attempted to figure out why God would have specified the rules about clove hooves and seafood types, etc. It certainly wasn't health related. There are dozens, perhaps hundreds of more important food safety guidelines than the obscure and relatively minor risk of trichonosis. I have my own ideas for why those categories were given, pulled together from a lot of academic reading, but I also know that it's just an opinion, and that even experts don't really know.

[@theshamanite]

Moral of the story: SquareSpace doesn't discriminate

[@SantaFe19484]

Nice video. I always thought the prohibition of eating pigs was an ancient health code.

[@skillamaroo4976]

I just found this food-nerd Markiplier and I like him.

[@ScottNguyenRCAC]

Long lost brother 😂

[@trzy7265]

Ez top comment

[@ktelite]

I want to like but it's on 69 like

[@faultline3936]

Weirded out when his voice doesn't sound deep enough lol

[@skillamaroo4976]

@@ktelite you wouldn't happen to use Tinkercad would you?

[@Wizard4k]

Adam really made a whole ass video on pigs just because he was mad his pig recipes get less views lmao

[@levifowler7933]

Exactly what came to mind 😂

[@axlegallardo]

That’s how Adam roll.

[@al_Hasaan]

😂

[@Aldiyawak]

Which one? The Mole Pueblano or the schnitzel? I saw the schnitzel was doing fine. (Yeah the Pueblano tanked. Not as bad as the Korean booze tho LOL)

[@p1xlb522]

I don't eat pork but I do watch Adam's pork video, just for cooking techniques

[@meruthie]

Amazing content! I love pork meat, and add it to my diet at least once a week.

[@eattherich5409]

taboos are ways for a group to come together and if you're living in a place where it is difficult to maintian a type of livestalk, making eating it taboo is good for both factors. anthropology is fascinating.

[@RememberYourSafeword]

My mom won’t eat pork, here’s why: It was a boring Monday in High school Biology for my mom, her teacher announced that they’ll be dissecting tapeworms. My mom got the bright idea to ask “heya, where’d you get this tapeworm??” “Oh, from the local slaughter house, it came from the intestines of a pig.” My mom got so scarred and she decided never to eat pork again.

[@andrewjennings2346]

Did you tell your mum that almost every animal we eat (Pork, Beef, Chicken, Lamb, Mutton etc etc (Including Fish)) and our own household cats and dogs can also have tapeworms in their intestines?

[@parthchaudhary7186]

@@andrewjennings2346 i dont think so lul

[@Momo-hh6er]

There are parasites in many animals we eat. That's why you cook the meat to kill it off.

[@jdjk7]

My college anatomy class in high school went a whole step further, we just dissected the pig.

[@RememberYourSafeword]

@zee zee lmfao

[@bakedice6767]

I'm a Muslim and I just wanna thank you for mentioning my religion in this video! I appreciate how you never attempt to say "I think people who don't eat pork don't have any reason to avoid it, and thus should eat pork." but rather you make the more factual claim "there doesn't seem to be any historical backing to this belief".

[@Mnemozin]

That first part is true though

[@jalaludeenmuhammed7461]

Its not cuz he dont wanted to Its becouse if he did a big chunk of islamic viewers would left his channel

[@georgebrantley776]

@@Mnemozin Simply not wanting to eat pork is reason enough to avoid pork

[@wsdadasdawf8384]

@@Mnemozin Sure but you get disgusted by goat or dog meat and you don't say anything about vegans, don't act like you aren't targeting a religion chief.

[@ammarokla7217]

We basically don't eat pork because it is forbidden, not because we think it is disgusting (although many do). It is just a test of will and whether we obey or not.

[@SheolAbaddonus666]

I feel like pig meat has a higher chance of being filthy than other meats. I still eat it though cus I ain't a bitch.

[@hungrysimi]

one thing he didn't mention in the video, pork can stink real bad due to boar taint when the meat comes from an uncut male. pig farmers nowadays all castrate their pigs due to many people just can't stand the smell (it's really bad and very strong, i've smelled it before...)

[@fastertove]

Male pigs are normally slaughtered before, so I don't see how this can be a common practice. This is yet another non-issue (today).

[@hungrysimi]

@@fastertove slaughtered before what?

[@fastertove]

Before boar taint becomes possible. Male pigs rarely reach maturity. @@hungrysimi

[@noplzq9114]

So one thing that was missed in the video, is that pork tapeworms and beef tapeworms are different species. Pork tapeworms (Taenia solium) is actually significantly more dangerous than the beef tapeworm (Taenia saginata), due to its tendency to cause a disease known as cysticercosis, where the cysts of the pork tapeworm can be embedded in the brain and spine causing meningitis, seizures and possibly death. One thing to note however is that is not acquired by eating the meat, but rather by swallowing the eggs through contaminated sources (such as water), which would have been a possibility with attempts at domesticating the animal. So, combined with the various laws in the Torah relating to cleanliness, and purity, a possible argument could actually be made, that such rules were provided to ensure the safety, and general health of the community. So in short yeah, pork tapeworms are actually worse.

[@osamasyed409]

You are correct. about the tapeworms, however what was the prevalence of these tapeworms in that region at that particular time? Also if the prevalence at the time were high, I would also be skeptical that people connected a link between drinking contaminated sources with neurocysticercosis.

[@waitaminute2015]

I got a paracite from eating pork fat that I didn't know was in the dish I ate. Luckily a Dr in the US that was from latin america diagnosed me ( after seeing 2 other Dr) and with an antiparasitic med, I was finally cured. I don't remember what the name was, but it caused me considerable pain in my stomach.

[@conanobrien1]

@@waitaminute2015 You got a parasite from undercooked food or unhygienic preparation. It could have been vegetables.

[@Redeemed0923]

Have ya seen the worms coming straight outta pig meat with coca cola? Disgusting. Pigs are unclean. Pigs are scavengers, and will eat humans, no animals that are considered clean will eat a human cadaver. Yahweh says don't, so we don't! He knows why we shouldn't, and that's good enough for me. Ephesians 6:12.

[@waitaminute2015]

@@conanobrien1 no, I was told it was from pork. It was a mystery until the person who prepared the dish, informed me of the ingredients.

[@dtebel]

Pigs aren't herd animals, Abrahamists were nomad herders. They wouldn't have been able to drag pigs, who need shade and mud around the dessert.

[@tarekmegahed1423]

This is a very insightful analysis, I'm surprised he didn't mention it although it's quite obvious.

[@k.k8791]

So why they prohibited pork 😒

[@dalostgurl8615]

Nice joke!!

[@cbriangilbert1978]

@@k.k8791 they prohibit anything that is different from their own traditions...

[@Sarahocto]

@@cbriangilbert1978 But religions are supposed to be universal and timeless so it's not about smthing against tradition or not having a fridge 😆

[@stevenjohns-savage7024]

Thanks

[@zerospace101]

So it initially came from the fact that pigs do not throw up grass and chew it, swallowing it again? Weird shite lol

[@johnwyman6126]

Chickens don't just eat grain. I have seen them eat grass, mice, small snakes, and lots and lots of bugs.

[@cwigs2782]

And they will also eat...chicken.

[@jaideepsingh3821]

@@cwigs2782 well they won't kill a chicken by themselves to eat it they will only do that unknowingly that its a chicken, if a human feeds it

[@cwigs2782]

@@jaideepsingh3821 I had chickens years ago and if I had anything on the grill outside they would jump up and try to get it. One of my hens managed to snag a chicken thigh and ran off with it, it was chicken football with the rest of the flock after that. They ate it all

[@jaideepsingh3821]

@@cwigs2782 wow😂

[@cwigs2782]

@@jaideepsingh3821 It was raw. They’ll eat anything.

[@troywillis9704]

The way I always heard it was because pigs roam around eating whatever they can find and people were keeling over dead all the time in the ancient world becoming a pig buffet. A lot of restrictions were against eating human flesh, so a pig eats a body then gets butchered and eaten and the person is consuming the flesh and blood of a human. Also Shake and Bake hadn't been invented yet.

[@sulblazer]

Christopher Hitchens made a similar argument. He argued that human flesh and pig flesh was indistinguishable and perhaps the abolition of pork was a means for some cultures to stop the murdering of people to sell and pass off as pig meat. I'm not sure if I buy it, but it's an interesting thought.

[@Fray2221]

I think that of all animals, pig flesh is probably most similar to human flesh, and I suspect that pork and human flesh might in some cases be quite difficult to tell apart. This is definitely the origin of the taboo.

[@anakinskymonke3670]

When my brother was a new born baby, he had this new born baby smell. It's a pungent human smell. When I was cooking bacon the other day (that I didn't know was 6 months over due) it had this super pungent new born human baby smell and I immediately threw it out because I was about to puke. It was super disgusting and I keep imagining a human baby while the steam from the sizzling expired bacon whiffed by my nose.

[@beppogiglio]

an Israeli rabbi from the tenth century said: ”The answer is simple, god forbade it.”

[@turtletail313]

@@anakinskymonke3670 so human babies smell like bacon? that's surprising

[@back2nature608]

Since i became a carnivoor i slowly started to dislike the taste of pork aswell as chicken,now i stopped eating it all togheter.

[@Darrylizer1]

So if pigs laid eggs perhaps there would have been no dietary laws against pig eating amongst the Abrahamic religions? Hmmm, pig eggs.

[@nicolle2126]

Really love it when adam returns to his academic roots and enters Professor Mode on youtube

[@danielgarai-ebner1334]

I thought this was going to be sponsored by the National Pork Board again

[@dritabrown]

same lol

[@immortally87]

Same!

[@jamesparker8066]

LMAO, yeah maybe "this video" isn't. Expect to see it in future ones though.

[@cryoforceyeet8893]

Adam is including religious taboos so maybe the Pork board weren't taking that risk

[@robertcummins7739]

The Pig is also an allegory in the Bible. It has split hooves but does not chew its cud. So outwardly it looks kosher but inside it is unclean.

[@nodical802]

How does chewing cud make your insides clean?

[@tonygilbert5256]

Interesting not to talk about Hinduism and Buddhism. There is a story about the Buddha travelling and eating some pork that wasn't cooked right and that gave him terrible stomach cramps and diarrhea which lead to his passing. In Asia, when I eat undercooked pork, I get sick for a few days. It happens about 50% of the time when I eat pork, especially in South Korea. I think this is a common issue but I don't hear anyone discuss it.

[@WLxMusic]

just make sure you eat well cooked pork i guess.

[@rock69me]

He does mention at the start that Hindus aren't wild on pork. Although pork is more popular in south India than many imagine.

[@arshawitoelar7675]

@LOVEDEEP Singh True, except for like steak

[@xxMyNaMeIsBeAsTxx]

@LOVEDEEP Singh Not in my country, Norway. You can cock and eat pork just like a steak if you are so inclined

[@nicknoodleman3169]

@@xxMyNaMeIsBeAsTxx Yeah here in North America and Western Europe. Our pork is very clean. We erased many of the illness that come from pork. That's why here in the United States China buys a lot of our pork, because the people in China don't trust their own pork.