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Pork
Pork is meat from the domesticated pig, independently domesticated from wild boar in Eastern and Western Eurasia. It has been the world's most widely eaten meat since the Roman Empire, counts as red meat nutritionally, and is forbidden in Jewish and Islamic law.
Pork barrel
Pork barrel spending, also called pork barreling, directs government money to specific districts or favored recipients as discrete benefits, with costs spread across general taxpayers.
Pork belly
Pork belly (liempo, 삼겹살 cut) is the fatty hog side left after loin and spareribs removal, 40–50% fat, cured into bacon or pancetta and grilled or braised across Korean, Filipino, Chinese, and other cuisines.
Pork chop
Pork chop: a loin cut of pork sliced perpendicular to the spine, sold as rib, loin, blade, sirloin, porterhouse, or T-bone chops; cooked to 145°F with a 3-minute rest and safe when pink at temperature.
Pork Chop Hill (1959 film)
Pork Chop Hill (1959) is Lewis Milestone's Korean War drama starring Gregory Peck as Lt. Joe Clemons, based on S.L.A. Marshall's book about the April 1953 battle during Panmunjom truce talks, released by United Artists.
Pork collagen
Pork collagen is a porcine-derived protein powder (40-50% collagen) from pig skin and trimmings, GRAS in the US under GRN 21 for use as a meat binder and purge reducing agent at 1.0-3.5 percent.
Pork pie
Pork pie: British cold pie of chopped pork and jelly in hot water crust pastry; the Melton Mowbray variant (PGI, uncured grey pork, 30% minimum meat) is its protected regional form.
Pork pie hat
Pork pie hat, also written porkpie, a soft hat with a flat low telescoped crown and narrow upturned brim, named for the British pork pie pastry; 1860s women's wear, later Buster Keaton's and jazz legend Lester Young's signature hat.
Pork protein
Pork protein, GRAS Notice GRN 314 (Proteus Industries, 2010), a pork-derived water binding agent and coating for pork products at up to 0.8% coating, 0.14% batter, 0.89% combined; FDA had no questions.
Pork ribs
Pork ribs are cuts from the pig's rib cage: baby back ribs from the loin, spareribs and St. Louis cut from the belly, plus rib tips and country-style. USDA safe temperature is 145 degrees F with a 3-minute rest; slow cooking melts collagen into gelatin.
Pork rind
Pork rind, also called chicharrón, cracklin, or pork scratching, is dehydrated pork skin deep-fried until puffy and crisp. High-protein, zero-carb snack; U.S. sales near $273 million in 2018.
Pork roll
Pork roll, also called Taylor ham, is a smoked, cured processed pork loaf from Trenton, New Jersey, created by John Taylor in 1856, renamed under the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, and eaten as the state's signature pork roll, egg, and cheese sandwich.
Pork Soda
Pork Soda (1993) is the third studio album by Primus, released on Interscope/Prawn Song. Recorded DIY on ADATs in their rehearsal space, it debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 and went platinum, with singles "My Name Is Mud," "DMV," and "Mr. Krinkle."
Pork tenderloin
Pork tenderloin (filet de porc, solomillo de cerdo) is the lean, boneless psoas muscle of the pork loin, weighing ¾–1½ lb, cooked by dry heat to 145°F with a 3-minute rest.
Porkkala Naval Base
Porkkala Naval Base was a Soviet naval base on Finland's Porkkala peninsula, leased for 50 years in 1944 but handed back to Finland in 1956 after about 11 years.
Porky in Wackyland
Porky in Wackyland (1938) is a Bob Clampett Looney Tunes short in which Porky Pig hunts the last Do-Do bird in surreal Darkest Africa; noted for its surrealism, Mel Blanc voices, Carl Stalling score, 1949 color remake, and 2000 National Film Registry induction.
Porky Minch
Porky Minch (ポーキー・ミンチ), also Pokey or King P, is the recurring villain of Nintendo's Mother/EarthBound RPGs: Ness's neighbor in EarthBound, Pigmask ruler in Mother 3, sealed forever in the Absolutely Safe Capsule.
Porky Pig
Porky Pig, Warner Bros. Looney Tunes stuttering pig, debuted 2 March 1935 in I Haven't Got a Hat; studio's first cartoon star, voiced by Joe Dougherty, then Mel Blanc 1937-1989, later Bob Bergen; introduced Daffy Duck in Porky's Duck Hunt.
Porky's
Porky's (1981), Bob Clark's teen sex comedy about 1950s Florida high schoolers seeking revenge on strip-club owner Porky; a Canadian-produced blockbuster that grossed over $100 million and launched the 1980s raunch-comedy cycle.
Porky's Duck Hunt
Porky's Duck Hunt is a 1937 Tex Avery Looney Tunes short, also known as the debut of Daffy Duck and Mel Blanc's first turn as Porky Pig's voice, released April 17, 1937.
Porlamar
Porlamar, from Pueblo de la Mar, is the largest city on Margarita Island, Venezuela, founded 1536; commercial hub of Nueva Esparta, shaped by the 1974 free port.
Porlock
Porlock is a village in Exmoor, West Somerset, England, Saxon 'the locked port'. Domesday 1086 records 15 households; Harold Godwinson burned it in 1052; the 1996 storm breach created Porlock Marsh lagoon.
Porn 2.0
Porn 2.0: slang term for user-generated, amateur pornographic tube websites (Pornhub, YouPorn, xHamster) coined by analogy with Web 2.0, emerging around 2006, consolidated under MindGeek/Aylo, and later shaped by moderation, age-verification, and AI developments.
Porn and Chicken
Porn and Chicken is a long-running Chicago bass-music party and DJ trio, launched in 2010, known for free chicken and crowds that peaked at 5,000 weekly.
Porn Film Festival Vienna
Porn Film Festival Vienna (PFFV), founded 2017 by Yavuz Kurtulmus and Jasmin Hagendorfer, first held 2018; annual Austrian feminist, queer, LGBTQIA+ alternative-porn film festival with 5 days, 125 films, and its Porn Gala awards night.
Porn Murders
The Porn Murders (Swedish: Porrmorden) were three unsolved knife murders in Stockholm in 1989, killing workers at pornographic video stores and sex shops; no suspect was ever identified.
Pornhub
Pornhub is a Canadian-owned adult video sharing website launched in 2007 as a free tube site, owned by Aylo and bought in 2023 by the Canadian consortium Ethical Capital Partners.
Porno for Pyros
Porno for Pyros: American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1992 by Perry Farrell and Stephen Perkins after Jane's Addiction broke up; two albums (1993, 1996), 2024 farewell tour.
Porno Graffitti (ポルノグラフィティ)
Porno Graffitti (ポルノグラフィティ, Poruno Gurafiti) is a Japanese two-man rock band from Innoshima, Hiroshima, with vocalist Akihito Okano and guitarist Haruichi Shindo; debuted 1999 with "Apollo," known for "Saudade" and anime themes like "Melissa" for Fullmetal Alchemist.
Porno y helado
Porno y helado (Porn and Ice Cream) is an Argentine comedy series created, written, and directed by Martín Piroyansky for Prime Video (2022), about Pablo, Ramón, and con artist Ceci faking a rock band, Los Débiles Mentales; three seasons, filmed in Uruguay and Argentina.