[quote]philipj wrote:
She told a veggie friend that only atheist cowards do not eat bacon.[/quote]
Eh?
[quote]kollak95 wrote:
This is just something I’ve noticed in a lot of the nutrition articles I’ve read on here, Elite, etc… turkey, chicken, and especially beef are always mentioned, but it seems like pork is rarely touted as a good protein source. Is there a specific reason for this?
Personally, I’ve been eating a lot of pork sirloin chops recently and freakin love 'em. With a little pork rub and BBQ seasoning they’re delicious. Beats chicken breast any day of the week lol. I’m just curious if there’s something inherently “different” about pork or if this is just an ignorant observation. Thanks guys [/quote]
Likely because of the extreme anal retentiveness, need to follow, need to suffer and live like a monk-shut-in, and bro-mythology in bodybuilding culture. Hence one sees videos and reads articles or has conversations with bros in which it is stated that there are only five to ten or so foods that one should eat to be a bodybuilder or have a good body. Hence we see boring diets consisting of nothing but chicken, egg whites, oatmeal, rice, and potatoes all day, with the occasional treat of beef here and there. Some bros do have tilapia though–that’s approved. Some have tuna, but others have the bizarre belief that canned fish will not have the same effect on the body as fresh fish. (I know an NPC veteran gunning for masters IFBB status who believes this and has a need for constant suffering. His wife declined my B-day shingdig at a bar-restaurant because he only has one “cheat meal” on Sundays for years on end.)
According to bro folklore, food also has to be “clean” and one must suffer to be a year-round bodybuilder, and part of suffering is restricting foods.
All the while when instead of having only tuna and tilapia, one can have porgy, salmon, trout, sardines, bluefish, octopus, shrimp, squid, scallops, cod, and so on.
Instead of chicken and beef every damn day, one can have pork, liver, or whatever other meat or innards out there.
Instead of oatmeal, one can have grits, cream of wheat (gasp!), cream of rice, or whatever other cereals are out there (yeah, including dry ones so long as they fit your macros or calories).
Pork is fine, and I have it a few times per month. I also eat regular bacon here and there (gasp).
[quote]RJK wrote:
I love pork. Only thing I can “assume” is that its a fatty white meat …[/quote]
Some cuts are as lean as chicken.
[quote]kollak95 wrote:
I’ve been wanting to do a guided boar hunt in Texas or some southern state (they almost pay you to come shoot them, since they’re so densely overpopulated) and bring home a couple of whole hogs. I’ve never had wild boar, but as someone said above, I never came across a meat I didn’t like.
That’s a lie. My grandfather bought a goose for Thanksgiving one year. ABSOLUTELY terrible.[/quote]
Two things (i) Goose is best cooked in dumplings, stew, or casserole with cheese.
Second, wild boar is 100x harder to cook and 1,000x worse than goose. Beyond the know how of slow cooking the meat, it is up to a one week preparation time of soaking and marinating the meat. Pigs that live in the wild are nothing like their FDA approved farm raised cousins.