The Pig Meat Problem
Many of our friends do not eat pig as pig is neither Kosher nor Halal. But pig meat is never labled as "pig meat". So I have compiled a list of pig related terms to help them.
- Back: Bacon cut from the back of a pig.
- Bacon: Strictly, "Bacon" is a way of slicing meat but it is almost invariably sliced from a pig.
- Banger: Slang for Sausage.
- Belly: Short for pork belly.
- Black puding: Sausage made from pig blood and pig lard.
- Blood sausage: Sausage made from pig blood and pig lard.
- BLT: Bacon Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich.
- Boar: The wild subspecies of the pig.
- Bockwürste: A type of German pork sausage.
- Bratwürste: A type of German pork sausage.
- Cervelat: Switzerland's national pork sausage.
- Charcuterie: A branch of cooking specialising primarily in pork-based products.
- Chipolatas: Small sausages. Pork by default.
- Chops: A cut of meat. Pork by default.
- Confit: Food preserved by immersion. Usually goose, duck or pork.
- Crackling: Fried or roasted pork skin.
- Cumberland rings: A spiral form of lightly spiced pork sausage.
- Faggots: Balls of meat off-cuts. Usually pork.
- Fatback: Pork fat, taken from the back of the animal.
- Frankfurter: A type of pork sausage originating from Frankfurt.
- Gammon: Cured hind leg of pork.
- Gayettes: A French style of pork sausage.
- Ham: A cut of meat from the hind leg. Pig by default.
- Hamburger: Not a pig product! A Beef burger. The name is due to the fact that they originated from Hamburg, Germany.
- Headcheese: A cold cut of cured meat and jelly. Often pork.
- Heart: The heart of an animal. Could be pig, cow, sheep, etc.
- Hog: An alternative name for pig. Also Harley-Davidson motorbike..
- Hog roast: A whole pig, roasted.
- Hot dog: A Sausage served in a roll.
- Kevin Bacon: Not a pork product! Hollywood actor.
- Kidney: The kidney of an animal. Could be pig, cow, sheep etc.
- Kidney fat: Fat from around the kidney. Ambiguous. Could be pork.
- Kilted sausage: Pork sausage wrapped in bacon.
- Knackwürste: A type of German pork sausage.
- Kulen: Sausage from Croatia or Serbia.
- Lard: Pig fat.
- Les Oreilles de Crisse: Deep-fried salted pork fat
- Links: Sausage (referring to the fact that they are joined together when made).
- Liver: An animal's liver. Could be pig.
- Lorne Sausage: Sliced pork sausage from Scotland.
- Lungs: An animal's lungs. Could be pig.
- Meatballs: A ball made from meat. Could be anything!
- Meatloaf: Ground meat served in a loaf shape. Usually beef but sometimes pork.
- Middle: Short for Middle Bacon. Between back bacon and streaky bacon.
- Offal: Meat made from the internal organs of farm animals. Could be pig.
- Pate: A paste of ground meat and fat. Often Goose. Sometime pork.
- Pate de foie de pork: Pork pate.
- Pepperami: Spicy Italian cured pork sausage.
- Pepperoni: Spicy Italian cured pork sausage.
- Pig: The animal in question. Almost never used as the name for the meat.
- Piglet: Baby pig.
- Pigs in Blankets: Sausage wrapped in bacon.
- Pølsehorn: Sausage wrapped in bacon (danish).
- Pork: Generic name for meat from a pig.
- Prosciutto: A form of Italian sliced ham.
- Red puding: A pork sausage from North East England.
- Ribs: Meat from the ribs of an animal. Usually pork.
- Rillettes: A form of pate made from cubes of pork.
- Rillons: Cubes of pork.
- Rind: A word that means "Skin". Can mean fruit peel. Fried or roasted pork skin.
- Rindswürste: A type of German pork sausage.
- Rookworst: Smoked pork sausage from Holland.
- Salami: Spiced, sliced italian cured pork sauage.
- Sausage Roll: Sausage in pastry.
- Saucisson: Sausage from France.
- Sausage: Item made from ground meat. Pork by default.
- Savaloy: A form of pork sausage.
- Scotch Egg: Boiled egg encased in pork sausage meat, coated in breadcrumbs.
- Scratchings: Fried or roasted pork skin.
- Slagers worst: Pork sausage from Holland.
- Snorker: Slang for Sausage.
- Sowbelly: Pork belly.
- Sow: Female pig.
- Spam: Spiced ham produced by Hormel Foods Corp.
- Spleen: The Spleen of an animal. Could be pork.
- Square sausage: Sliced pork sausage from Scotland.
- Steak and kidney: The steak will be beef but the kidney is ambiguous. Could be lamb or pig.
- Streaky: Bacon with streaks of fat.
- Stuffing: Filling for chicken, turkey and other birds, often made with pork sausage meat.
- Sty: The place where a pig lives.
- Suckling pig: A piglet, raised on it's mother's milk. Usually roasted.
- Terrine: A dish used for cooking ground meat. Also refers to food prepared in that dish. Could be pork.
- Toad in the hole: A traditionl dish of pork sausage in batter.
- Tripe: An animal's stomach. Could be pig.
- Trotters: Pigs feet.
- Wiener: American term for sausage.
- Wild Boar: The wild subspecies of the pig.
- Worstjes in deeg: Sausage wrapped in bacon (dutch).
- Würste: German pork sausage.
