How big is the pig?
The amount of bacon available on a hog is relative to the size of the animal.
15% of carcass weight is normal. Bacon comes from the belly of the hog, so the bigger the animal the more bacon available.
The average market weight of a hog is 230 lbs. 15% is 34.5 lbs.
apporx. 340 pieces
Many cuts of pork have historically been salted to preserve them, but the part commonly called salt pork comes from the belly of the pig. This is the same place that produces bacon.
Francis Bacon country is the country where sir Francis Bacon first used the left over meat on a pig as bacon and fried it in a pan or on a hot plate. this occured in 1843.
Pork is the fresh meat you get from a pig, ham is pork which has been preserved with salt or a salt solution (brine) and then cooked, usually boiled or roasted.
Gammon originates with a pig. It is the hind leg of pork, cut from a side of bacon after curing.
Bologna comes from the pig.
If you mean what animal bacon comes from, then it comes from a pig, specifically the hind end of a pig.
the back and sides of the pig
Bacon is pork and comes from a pig.
Traditional bacon, as defined, only comes from pigs. However, there are products on the market that are not made from pig meat that are also called bacon, like Turkey bacon.
No, bacon comes from the belly of a pig. What about a Hambush
Pig
if they want to and like pig bacon people do eat guinea pigs I did! I have a pig named Bacon, a much loved one that died a few years ago name Bacon, and one name Pancetta (which is Italian bacon) in between.
Bacon comes from the back of the pig in Europe and the side and belly area of the pig in the U.S. . The word bacon derives from the french word for back.Most people think bacon comes from cows but it doesn't? bacon comes from pigs!
P-I-G. A pig. That's where bacon comes from.
Bacon comes from the fat stored in the pig which is removed to make bacon . It also comes from a pigs tail, front and back legs and the head.
Pork chops, back bacon.
I'm assuming you mean bacon, as in, from a pig. Bacon comes from the ribs (or the side) of a hog.