How to Choose Meat, 1772

Thomas Rowlandson, The Wonderful Pig (1785)

Lamb is more Nutritious than any kind of Poultry, Mutton than Lamb, Veal than Mutton, and Beef than Veal; But Pork is more Nutricious than any of these; for the Juices of Pork, which is more like Human Flesh than any other Flesh is, are more adapted to the Nourishment of a Human Body than the Juices of any other Flesh.

Directions and Observations Relative to Food, Exercise and Sleep

On reflection, I can understand why the US Pork Board chose “Pork: The Other White Meat”over “Pork: More Convenient than Cannibalism.”