I grew up on a hog farm & ate mostly pork as I was growing up. Your instincts are correct; they purposely made pork “leaner” & have nearly ruined the mass market product.
If you would like to taste actual pork again, look in your area for a farmer or grocer who sells Berkshire pork...it’s a heritage breed that was very popular before the huge producers/confinements came along. Much of production ends up being distributed to high-end restaurants, but you should be able to find some available to the public at a farmer’s market or better grocer.
Trust me, you will be thrilled to taste “pork” again...it’s worth the money:)
Thanks for the tip. I think my husband was interested in Mangalitsa at one time, but the Berkshire seems more reasonable ;-)
This is an interesting article, and the Benton’s bacon at the bottom is a good deal:
It seems to me that when they left meat alone, it was more satisfying and you ate less of it. I don’t know how they figured they would improve health by creating dry, tasteless meats.