My home is in the countryside. I remember when I was a child, about 98 years ago. At that time, the food in the countryside was still very precious, and I was reluctant to give it to pigs. I can't afford pig feed. What pigs eat most are grass, sweet potato seedlings and so on. Occasionally, I can eat the chaff left after grinding flour. This is completely natural. A pig has to be kept for a whole year before it can be sold during the Chinese New Year. Of course, the pigs I raised have never eaten, but the pork when I was a child was really delicious.
Pigs are still raised at home, but pigs eat better than when I was a child. They all eat corn flour (I didn't eat corn flour several times when I was a child), but there is also feed mixed in the middle, and the ratio is also half. Mainly because corn is cheap now, I will raise a pig every year as before, and then keep it for myself, relatives and friends to eat for the New Year. Every time a pig is killed in the New Year, it is difficult for neighbors to buy it, but one pig is limited and it is definitely impossible to divide it.
Nowadays, pigs grow up on feed, and they will be slaughtered in two or three months. Moreover, a lot of pork in the city is still frozen meat, and the taste will definitely not be too good.
With people's life getting better and better now, pork, as the main food of energy intake in people's life, is a dish that can't be missed on the table every day. Nowadays, people's requirements for life are getting higher and higher, and there is a special study on what to eat. Why do pork in rural areas taste different from pork bought in cities? Xiao Zhao will talk to you about this topic and his own views.
Most pigs raised in rural areas use grain and vegetables: pigs fed in rural areas eat rice, chaff, melons, sweet potatoes and so on, and don't eat any feed. Most rural people feed one head and two heads, and many of them are kept at home for the Spring Festival or something. In terms of cost, it is impossible to settle accounts, and it is all a loss, which is the quality and taste of pork.
A lot of pork bought in the city is raised on farms. Farmers should pursue interests and always eat feed. The texture of meat is tender, but the taste is much worse.
In the growth cycle, the difference is too great: the pigs raised by rural people themselves eat the grain produced in the countryside as feed. It will take about one year from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
The longer the pigs in the farm are kept, the greater the loss. Basically, it will be released in three or four months, the time will be shortened several times, and the meat quality will be much worse.
The meat quality of pork is also very different: pigs fed in rural areas have a long time and tight meat quality. The meat is bright red and the texture of meat fiber is clear. The pork raised on the farm is white and the texture is not very clear.
Especially the contrast of fat meat is particularly obvious. The pork fed by rural people is cooked, so there is no need to put oil at all. Stir-fry in the pan for a few times and you can get the oil. Pigs raised in farms have no fat, so they will stick to the pot if they don't put oil.
There are also fried meat in rural areas, many of which are made with some side dishes at home, such as peppers and garlic. These are all grown in the natural environment, and fried with domestic pork has a much stronger natural taste, don't you think?
I remember my mother always said that the meat in the city was not as delicious as the meat in the country. I didn't think it was delicious at first. After going back to my hometown, I found that the taste was really different. I feel that the pork in my hometown is delicious. I think there are several reasons:
1, pigs eat different feeds. Generally, pigs in rural areas don't eat feed. The house is full of pigs, grass, green leaves and vegetables, unlike in big cities, and there are various additives. Anyway, there is no nature in the countryside.
2. The living environment of pigs is different. Pigs in rural areas exercise more than those in cities. They are all free-range, and the pigsty can walk.
3. There is also the difference in meat quality. In rural areas, Chinese New Year pigs are generally raised for more than half a year. Small pigs can grow to about 200 kg, and large ones with 300 to 400 kg are more common. The slaughter time is also different. Pig farms are generally closed and can be released in five to six months. The pigs raised by farmers themselves are different, most of them are semi-free-range, generally more than 8 months, and most of them are 10 months.
So generally speaking, pigs in rural areas taste better.
The core of the problem is the difference of pork flavor between free-range farming in rural areas and rapid farming in pig farms.
First of all, free-range pigs in rural areas can get proper exercise every day because of their vast territory, and their meat quality is relatively tight.
Moreover, most of the feed collected near the countryside is raw and cheap agricultural products.
It will take about one year from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
And the pigs raised on the farm. Farmers should pursue interests and always eat feed. The texture of meat is tender, but the taste is much worse.
The longer the pigs in the farm are kept, the greater the loss. Basically, it will be released in three or four months, the time will be shortened several times, and the meat quality will be much worse.
The whole question is actually equivalent to asking why the chicken sold in the market is not as fragrant as the country chicken. The reason is the same. It is true that the pork we ate when we were young was delicious, and the soup cooked from the meat was delicious, but today's pork just can't taste that. There are fewer and fewer people raising pigs in rural areas now. Basically, pigs are raised in farms, and there are very few local free-range pigs. If you want to eat local pork in rural areas, someone will slaughter their own pigs at home during the Chinese New Year. At this time, if others sell it, you can still buy some, but it will be difficult to buy it later. Because farmers' living conditions are better now, one or two pigs they raise eat by themselves and sell very little.
First, the food you eat is different.
The pigs raised by local farmers themselves have been eating coarse grains and growing vegetables and leaves. If farmers raise pigs at home, they usually weigh a lot of sweet potatoes or vegetables. Every day, pigs eat sweet potato stalks or vegetables, and then cook some rice together. This is the main food for pigs. In the past, my pig farmers would crush the ground rice bran and take it home, and then feed it to pigs. Rice bran is rich in protein and crude fiber, which makes it easy to get fat.
Now pigs in farms eat feed, and many feeds contain hormones. Farmers usually slaughter pigs for one year, and farms will slaughter them for five months, so pork is definitely not as delicious as pigs raised locally for one year.
Second, the environment of pigs.
Pigs raised by local farmers often drive them out of the pigsty and make them move. Local pigs can find food to eat outside and supplement trace elements, so the lean rate of local pigs is higher, and proper activities can also improve the quality and taste of pork. All the pigs in the farm are kept in pigsty, so it is impossible for pigs to walk around, so pork is definitely not as good as local pigs. Moreover, most of the pork in the city has been soaked in water. In order to grow some meat, it is impossible for the pigs slaughtered by farmers themselves to be soaked in water.
Third, the breeding time is different.
Local pigs are bred for at least 10 months, usually one year, while pigs in farms are released for up to five months. How can pork be delicious without time to settle?
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The same pork tastes different, and the only explanation is that the farming method is different!
I remember my family was poor when I was a child. In order to send us to school, my parents had to raise pigs at home. At that time, pigs were the treasure of the family, so take good care of them! In times of poverty, people don't have enough to eat. When we cook, we should add a lot of sweet potatoes. If you can't finish eating, you can feed it to pigs. There are also many beets and sweet potatoes planted in the field, which are specially chopped and fed to pigs! At that time, there was no concept of feed, and people ate whatever pigs they ate! There is no oil and water, no feed and unbalanced nutrition, so pigs grow slowly. It takes at least 1 year to raise a pig! The longer pigs are kept, the stronger the meat flavor will be, so every time my mother fries lard, the smell of pork will make my mouth water!
Even now, there are not many pigs in rural families, and even if there are, they are small retail investors. In order to avoid some food waste, they also feed pigs with corn and sweet potatoes, which makes the pork so delicious that some families are even unwilling to sell it. Save the New Year and share it with friends and family!
The pork bought in the city is basically the pork supplied by large and medium-sized modern pig farms. These pigs are all modern, slaughtered in 4-5 months, and the hygiene is scientifically calculated. The purpose is to make pigs grow meat, and appropriate protein will be added to the food they feed.
Through the comparison, we can also see that the growth time of pigs raised in rural areas is very different from that of pigs raised in cities for 4-5 months, and the meat quality will naturally be different! Therefore, the pork bought in the countryside tastes more fragrant and the meat quality is more beautiful!
Most people who have eaten rural meat will feel very different when they go to the city to eat meat. In fact, this question is very simple.
Pork in rural areas and cities have different properties and feeding methods; Pork in rural areas is mostly used for their own consumption. Farmers usually kill a pig, and it takes a year from raising piglets to slaughter, which basically means that pigs rely on food for one year. This kind of pork leaves contains water, which is as natural and mature as the fruit we usually eat. Pork in the city is sold, and more comes from professional farms. Most professional farms feed mainly, so that a pig suitable for slaughter can be produced in three to four months. Pork contains a lot of water, and the ingredients are mostly feed. So of course, the taste will be different.
First, the food you eat is different. The pigs raised by local farmers in their own homes all grew up eating coarse grains and vegetables. If farmers raise pigs at home, they usually weigh a lot of sweet potatoes or vegetables. Every day, pigs eat either sweet potato stalks or vegetables, and then put some rice to cook together. This is the main food for pigs. Pork in the city is generally raised by large-scale farms. Large-scale farms have systematic breeding methods. Pigs eat compound feed, which are all kept in captivity, and are usually slaughtered in four months. The pigs raised in this way are definitely not as good as the pork raised in the countryside!
Second, the environment of pigs. Pigs raised by local farmers often drive them out of the pigsty and make them move. Local pigs can find their own food outside and supplement trace elements, so the lean rate of local pigs is higher, and proper activities can also improve the quality and taste of pork. All the pigs in the farm are kept in pigsty, so it is impossible for pigs to walk around, so pork is definitely not as good as local pigs.
It's not as complicated as you think. Meat with good taste contains a lot of lard, while pork with poor taste has a short feeding time, and there is not much fat in the meat, which is not very fragrant!