How to Make De Soto's Home Style Breaded Pork Chops

Pig is great. To me, every part of pig tastes different (unlike some meats I have come across). From rich ham to delicious bacon to mouth-watering pork chops, there's a whole world of tasting within a pig. Whatever part you like, you can't deny the versatility and deliciousness of that wonderfully cooked meat. How did it get to this point? Let's explore it.

As we know, pigs like to live in forests because pigs like acorns and that's the place they could find them. They could eat them all day if they could. At first, people hunted wild pigs in the forest. The problem with that is wild boars are dangerous to hunt. They are very smart and have those long sharp tusks and teeth that could mean a very painful death.

That's when the general population discovered that it was safer to domesticate them. You have to admit that it is definitely much tamer than chasing wild boars around. The first taming of wild pigs began about 6000 BC in West Asia. In china it was right around 4900 BC and by 1500 BC Europe was following right along beside them.

Pigs were eaten everywhere from West Asia to England, Scandinavia, to North Africa. Pigs are independent and, therefore; easy to take care of. They are basically fed on garbage and that helped the farmers that were trying to save a few bucks. Another plus is that pig meat is easy to preserve, so it definitely would be the perfect fit for people way back in the day.

Then at least around 1000 BC most Jews would not eat pig meat. Pig meat is forbidden to the Jews. It says in their bible that they are not allowed to eat it. For awhile there, Christians didn't eat pork, and then around 50 AD is when they decided that the rule did not apply to them. Although Mohammed told the Arabs that Muslims should not eat pork. So Mediterranean and West Asian consumption of pork was less common after 700 AD.