Bacon, Barbecue, and Religious Bans: The 10,000 Year Saga of Pork

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Please "Like" if you enjoy the video, subscribe to the channel, and turn on notifications! - It's the world's most popular meat- even though it's banned by entire religions and cultures. Pork is our most divisive food- mocked, reviled, and yet at the center of our global cuisine, and for the humble pig, it's been like this for a very long time. Ever since wild boars wandered into our very first villages, our relationship with the animal has been...complicated. Pork is responsible for some of our favorite foods, along with causing controversy, superstition, and in one absurd case, a near-world war. So today we're diving into the topic. Trying to understand the history of our relationship with the pig, the origins of bans and prohibitions, and how pork has changed our world. - Please consider supporting OTR on Patreon and thanks so much to anyone who does; your support truly keeps us going. http://www.patreon.com/OTRontheroad Website: http://www.OTRontheroad.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otr.offtherails/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D - 0:00 - Introduction 1:13 - The Pig Dilemma 4:42 - The Uninvited Guest 7:35 - Wild Boar 9:42 - Cooking with Boar 15:22 - Taste Test 18:41 - From Boar to Pig 21:36 - The First Recipes 24:03 - An Austronesian Feast 30:22 - Myths and Legends 35:54 - The Controversy Begins 39:01 - Souvlaki 44:21 - Words 47:17 - Pork in the Middle Ages 50:11 - The Butcher Shop 52:24 - Whole Pig Breakdown 1:04:44 - The New World 1:07:06 - Barbecue 1:09:40 - A Sneaky Pulled Pork Sandwich 1:12:44 - Pig Wars 1:14:50 - The East 1:16:41 - The Game Changer 1:19:40 - A Chinese Pork Dinner 1:25:57 - We Are the Worst 1:29:19 - Revenge of the Pigs 1:30:40 - Credits and Post-Credits - Thumbnail Photo Credit: Ulrich Mueller, Dreamstime Video Credits: https://youtu.be/9Rck_Tm6wXA?si=nrOAFJY3nFPpW4Yk https://youtu.be/FTKE5tbdvxU?si=n9YzKBIX1VOzIxuK https://youtu.be/EevrULyhP4g?si=rXirlgsgmZKrD-_H https://youtu.be/Jj7oK5PWsNg?si=8SvzIcbgEPNIq7zN https://youtu.be/DLanCgALwlo?si=8Xx11wlNeGgNOdbW https://youtu.be/Fgik_tTShzE?si=-tBwsQQiRuwz0Chh https://youtu.be/aeRL8dIQxHQ?si=0ZQ2qHWkNYkOwr-H https://youtu.be/04sLA7AWcz8?si=7F8T8UUAfPnGNfur https://youtu.be/WYns5vR3QuQ?si=-JEb06jPrCifdgv_ https://youtu.be/a3_BY8TaTFw?si=MEu6wcI4Nc3QCl-v https://youtu.be/aKVUPsgMOVI?si=hmSDSEVMUzqNOwgX https://youtu.be/K517YIJKcfw?si=SHAIgd90jfjAOiyK https://youtu.be/YVgOrK2BWs4?si=dnyXFT65b3fQPxZI https://youtu.be/oys6EQtpCJk?si=J3F-SIobm4sJppQo https://youtu.be/I14x4-q_Gj4?si=7rz4kZ3EGcfeKOgU https://youtu.be/EIiOs81Q9rY?si=2aKMJewuMPDI12Ej https://youtu.be/H0XcZbkKeHY?si=axfMQ1usK7B8Norp https://youtu.be/zDlRlgvOncI?si=UN4IFXQPtDPjqQra https://youtu.be/aZfTXMtfMJk?si=534mamCP5cSCdWHx https://youtu.be/WujehK7kYLM?si=NXqPZ9DAT_s8vQXE https://youtu.be/2T4Slkc6I78?si=mny5sD2PZrk6phzB https://youtu.be/Us4mK6dx1nU?si=AgZhLMGopkneil2K https://youtu.be/WOh5_CbOJt8?si=HtJSsk805D6IEuLO https://youtu.be/6HoG5CLH1OM?si=XSNxy8sW_92t3Kyz https://youtu.be/Ux15qxsfBV0?si=dx7a_PoL5hmwHpJi https://youtu.be/K9Hll03h1v0?si=TshrFTLebTC17poQ https://youtu.be/291eTcyFt-0?si=qjTZFjyeUNYF2Kqr https://youtu.be/yPcM1Ir7hew?si=t9qPMlzhYWMF-07J https://youtu.be/yn2j5frn3uU?si=H5BZ5UaGEjXjOwOr https://youtu.be/BARjPuUN36Y?si=p_Am9n6S6n0S3bRE