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I had to spend a good amount of mental effort trying to explain to my German teacher, in German, why American pork tastes so bad (or, rather, has no flavor). Wh
by comrade1 11y ago
I had to spend a good amount of mental effort trying to explain to my German teacher, in German, why American pork tastes so bad (or, rather, has no flavor). When I said, 'Schwein, das andere weisse Fleisch, wie poulet' (I'm in Switzerland), she figured it out immediately and was as disturbed as anyone should be.
- m_mueller 11y agoWait, is pork really considered white meat in the US? I've never seen white pork, but then again I think I never consciously ate pork in the US - all I know is that ham is absolutely terrible for my taste - but I think I've never had good ham outside German/Italian/Spanish- speaking countries. I'm Swiss btw.
- jstanek 11y agoIt's marketed as "The Other White Meat".
- L_Rahman 11y agoYes. The typical pork chop in the United States contains so little fat that it is closer to a chicken breast than a fatty cut of beef.
- m_mueller 11y agoOk, so the fat determines the way people think about it, but the meat's color is still red, right? If it were white I'd make a big circle around it since I'd assume it's spoiled.
- L_Rahman 11y agoMore of a very light pink than red. I've definitely mistaken a pork chop for a chicken breast when glancing through my fridge.
- carlob 11y agoI don't know about the US, but I've always thought that, just like chicken pork has both white and red meat. You can sometimes see it when you slice a pork loin [1]. [1] http://www.donaldrussell.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/p/o/pork-loin-mini-roast-01_5.jpg http://www.donaldrussell.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/i...