bacon
The jowl comes from the cheek of a hog, specifically the lower jaw area. It is a rich and flavorful cut of meat that is often used in dishes such as bacon or guanciale.
As long as the hog is healthy, then yes.
It comes form the early days of slavery when the rich owners ate the hog meat such as, tenderloin and ribs while the workers ate pigs feet and ham hocks. Those that ate "high on the hog" were living well.
The bigger the hog the more amount of meat
You can soak the meat of a wild hog in brine before freezing it. This salty solution will help to eliminate the wild meat taste that many people do not like.
Possibly because the better cut of meat is high on the hog, like ribs.
Pork.
Yes pork does come from pig so does many other meats (e.g ham )
Its my understanding that "eating high on the hog" refers to a situation in World War I where enlisted men were given pigs feet and other cuts of meat to eat, but officers were given better cuts of meat. High on the hog refers to eating something better than pig's feet.
Gammon steak, is meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
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No. The ribs of a hog are exactly that - sections of his rib cage. Hocks are the hog's "ankles" as it were. they are two different cuts of meat.