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mark-r on June 21, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bloody Plant Burger Smells, Tastes and Sizzles Lik...

With the surge of popularity of bacon, there are a lot of pigs being brought to market. Any part of the pig that isn't bacon ends up being cheap because supply/demand.

eru on June 22, 2016 [–]

History lesson: lard pigs used to be much more popular to raise than meat pigs. I wonder whether they'll see a comeback.

(After only half a minute of Googling: http://sugarmtnfarm.com/2015/06/11/lard-vs-bacon-pigs/ )

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