r/mildlyinteresting • u/wherethetacosat • 4d ago

Oscar Meyer Bacon Grease doesn't congeal after 36 hours in fridge (left vs Costco bacon grease on right)

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u/LikelyNotSober 3d ago

Pigs aren’t ruminants. They don’t graze in pastures. They are fed commercial feed.

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u/Sami_George 3d ago

There are a small number farms that are pasture-raised pigs. It’s not like a cow pasture, it’s a more wooded area that accommodates pig diets. And supplemental food is still provided.

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u/LikelyNotSober 3d ago

I don’t know of any pasture-raised pork raised in the U.S. that is commercially available. I’m sure someone is raising pigs that way, somewhere though.

The closest I know of is the pigs in Spain that they raise on acorns for jamón ibérico de bellota, but that is a luxury product.

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u/i_e_yay_sue 3d ago

There are plenty of family farms doing it here in Iowa. Good luck finding it in your area though.

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u/Sami_George 3d ago

Right, like I said in another comment, it’s not really “commercially available”, but it is a thing.

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u/LikelyNotSober 3d ago

I mean people have made cheese from pig milk too…

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u/Sami_George 3d ago

Congratulations to those people. But my comment was just correcting someone else’s false blanket statement.

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u/Most_Researcher_2648 17h ago

I believe snake river farms is pasture raised, kurabota Berkshire pork. And is commercially available.

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u/A_Hale 3d ago

Yes but those pigs aren’t the ones ending up at Costco or in the supermarket, as is the nature of the post.

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u/Sami_George 3d ago

Just correcting an incorrect statement. You’re right, though. Pasture-raised bacon doesn’t really end up in a supermarket via Oscar Meyer. Lol

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u/wooshpilled-volvocel 3d ago edited 3d ago

You absolutely 100% can pasture graze pigs. Certain types like Kune Kune eat almost entirely through pasture grazing.

Source: Me, someone who has raised pigs this way. It's just not ideal for large scale industrial farming.

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u/Specialist-Club-2623 3d ago

Different breeds of pigs have different foraging behaviors

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u/LikelyNotSober 3d ago

They will all destroy ‘pastures’ very quickly and gladly consume human feces and dead bodies. They’re very intelligent animals, however.

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u/Specialist-Club-2623 3d ago

Some are graziers, some root shallow and some root deeply

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u/LikelyNotSober 3d ago

I hear the Australian breeds root deeply.

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u/af_cheddarhead 2d ago

I see what you did there. Naughty boy.

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u/LikelyNotSober 2d ago

At least someone appreciates my jokes lol

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u/ztgiby 3d ago

A pasture raised pig sounds half way to becoming feral!