BifrUMenNr firming: SMdRMyrNovMMr 19, 1994 Did You • Where did Wall Street get its name? Free-roaming hogs were noto rious for rampaging through the precious grain fields of colonial New York City farmers. The Man hattan Island residents chose to limit the forays of these riotous hogs by erecting a long, perma nent wall on the northern edge of what is now Lower Manhattan. A street came to border this wall — aptly enough named, Wall Street. • How did “Uncle Sam’’ come to represent the U.S. Govern- ment? During the War of 1812. a New York pork packer named Uncle Sam Wilson shipped a boatload of several hundred barrels of pork to U.S. troops Each barrel was stamped “U.S.” on the docks, it quickly became bantered about that the “U.S.” stood far “Uncle Sam”, whose large pork shipment looked to be enough to feed the entire army. Thus did “Uncle Sam” come to represent the U.S. Government itself. * Where did the saying “living high on the hog” come from? It originated among army enlisted men who received shoul der and leg cuts while officers received the top loin cuts . • Fact or Hogwash? When hot dogs were first sold, street ven dors called them “red hots,” and they didn’t come on a bun. Instead, a pair of white cotton gloves came with each one to keep fingers cool while eating. Fad It happened at the St. Louis World’s Fair, where hot dogs were first introduced to the public along with the ice cream cone in 1904. • What staple food was pro vided to Washington’s troops at Valley Forge? Salt pork from New Jersey was shipped behind British lines to Valley Forge to geed the hungry Continental Army in the winter of 1776-77. • What’s the origin of the say ing “a pig in a poke?” The reference is to a common trick ot 17th Century England of trying to palm off a cat on an unsuspecting “greenhorn” for a suckling-pig. When he opened the poke (sack) he “let the cat out of the bag”, and the trick was dis closed. • What’s the origin of the word “barbecue?” It’s derived from French-speak ing pirates, who called this Caribbean pork feast “de barbe et queue”, which translates “from beard to tail.” In other words, the pig roast reflected the fact that the hog was an eminently versatile animal that could be consumed from head to toe. • What’s the highest known price ever paid for a hog? $BO,OOO was paid to the Grand Champion Barrow, at the 1994 Houston Livestock Show Junior Market Swine Auction. The bar row was owned by Audrey and Angie Strube and bought by Linda and Jim Mclngvale and their two Know? daughters. • What’s the heaviest hog ever recorded? A Poland China hog named “Big Bill” weighing 2,552 pounds and measuring 9 feet long with a belly that dragged the ground owned by Burford Butler of Jack son. Tennessee in 1933. • Fact or Hogwash? The longest single sausage was over a mile long. Fact. A single sausage measur ing 5,917 feet in length was cooked in Barcelona Spain on September 22,1986. • What did President Harry Truman have to say about hogs? “No man should be allowed to be President who does not under stand hogs.” ■ Did you know that... The ancient Chinese were so loath to be separated from fresh pork that the departed were some times accompanied to the grave with their herd of hogs. • Did you know that.. As popular as pork is in Ameri ca, it is not the United States, but China, which is the number one producer and consumer of fresh pork in the world. * Did you know that.. In ancient China fresh pork en joyed royal status. Around 4000 8.C., the Chinese people were ordered to raised and breed hogs—by a royal decree from the Emperor of China. • What’s the origin of the say ing “pork barrel politics?” The phrase is derived from the pre-Civil War practice of distribut ing salt pork to the slaves from huge barrels. By the 1870 s. con gressmen were referring to regu larly dipping into the “pork barrel” to obtain funds for popular pro jects in their home districts. • What’s the origin of the say ing to “go whole hog?” The expression came from the 18th Century when the English was at one time called a “hog”. Thus, a spendthrift, one willing to spend an entire shilling on the entertainment of a friend in a pub was willing to “go whole hog”. • Did you know that... Pork is the world’s most wide ly-eaten meat. ■ Everything but the Oink No other animal provides soci ety with a wider range of products than the hog. Hogs are, of course, the source of high quality animal protein in the form of the widest and most varied range of food products available from any animal. By-products from hogs play a vital though less visible role in maintaining and improving the quality of human life. And new and different by-products from hogs are constantly being devel oped. Insulin from hogs is used in the treatment of diabetes...hog heart valves are used to replace dam aged or diseased human heart valves...skin from hogs is used to treat severe bum victims. The amazing utility of the hog ,C-‘ has motivated the saying, “We use everything but the oink.” A viable animal agriculture not only provides an abundant supply of vital nutrients found in meat, but also a ready source of essential and useful by-products that humanity depends on so exten sively. Pharmaceutical By-Products Pharmaceuticals rank second only to meat itself in the important contributions hogs make to soci ety. Rapidly advancing science and technology are continually adding to the list of life-supporting and life-saving products derived from the incredible hog. Reprinted from Pigs Pen . Nov. 1994. Did You Know? Pork is the world’s most wide ly-eaten meat. China is the No. 1 producer and consumer of fresh pork in the world. Specially treated and preserved hog heart valves are surgically implanted in humans to replace heart valves weakened by disease or injury. Hog pancreas glands are an important source of insulin hor mone used to treat diabetics. Hog lb market, to market with lean □ □a Did You Know? Did You Know? Did You Know? 1111 1 I 1 H -kT .. /■*& SUPER market Th. h/ .) insulin is especially important because its chemical structure most resembles that of humans. Did You Know? Skin from hogs that is specially selected and treated is used to treat severe burn victims. I n, •>» _ ' V > *lb "nFijirniH"- —\ <r \ r ■W Farmers keep their pigs warm, di •5 .« / h/7** '3' , / r-*
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