Pork or Beef which is superior?

[Herr Kutz]

Beef, it's what's for dinner.

 

[digiram]

Beef, you can eat it raw and it tastes delicious. We make a raw beef salad in my culture. There's so many ways to cook and prepare beef, and beef jerkey, and pastrami, c'mon. Superior to pork, but I do love me some baby back ribs mmm mmm. Pork is too dependent on it's fat.

 

[Yakk]

Pork because bacon.

 

[Muse]

I'll take *good* vegetarian over meat any time. That's one reason I like Indian food as much as I do. Good vegetarian options.

My favorite dining-out experience the last year was a vegetarian Indian restaurant in Manhattan. It was simply amazing and delicious. Everyone in there except us, I think, was Indian.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Much as I love bacon, I love steak and cheeseburgers more. Beef!

 

[Chocu1a]

Hmmm....lets see-
Pork: Bacon, Smoked ham, Italian cured meats, Sausages, BBQ Ribs, Smoked pork shoulder, Pork Tenderloin, Pork Belly, Pork chops
Beef: Smoked/Braised brisket, Prime rib, Braised short rib, Grilled steaks, Burgers, Pastrami/Corned beef, Rib eyes, Rib eyes, Rib eyes.

Gonna go with pork. Bacon is the one thing I can't live without.

 

[Zeze]

Hmmm....lets see-
Pork: Bacon, Smoked ham, Italian cured meats, Sausages, BBQ Ribs, Smoked pork shoulder, Pork Tenderloin, Pork Belly, Pork chops
Beef: Smoked/Braised brisket, Prime rib, Braised short rib, Grilled steaks, Burgers, Pastrami/Corned beef, Rib eyes, Rib eyes, Rib eyes.

Gonna go with pork. Bacon is the one thing I can't live without.

Don't forget jerkys & Korean BBQ,

 

[BurnItDwn]

4 of my all time favorite meats come from the Cow
Prime Rib, Brisket, Ribeye , Sirloin

The pig however, is the source of "Al Pastor" which is impossibly good. I love pork chops almost as much as a good sirloin or ribeye steak. Pulled pork can be fantastic, but IMO, doesn't come close to Prime Rib. Carnitas when smoked or prepared in a pressure cooker comes damn close to brisket though. Pork Belly/Bacon are magical.

anyhow, I can not decide. If I only could have 1 meal, it would be beef. But over the course o f a lifetime, there are more pork meals which are more interesting overall than beef meals.

That said, I would take Lamb over beef or pork if it were an option most days.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Ohh, and Korean BBQs ... Have had only a few times, but holy shit "Dwaeji Bulgogi" is super delicious awesomeness!

 

[zinfamous]

Beef. Gotta love steak, burgers, pasta with meat sauce, braised brisket and meatloaf.

I do like a lot of pork dishes but most require a smoker and cooking it low and slow. So beef wins for convenience.

I need someone here suggesting a cured beef product that rivals any one of the many, many amazing cured pork products. When we say pork is versatile, that is part of what we are talking about. Not just the parts that are delicious, but the endless variety in preparing pork vs beef. You only "need" a smoker, honestly, to prepare certain cuts, like ribs, maybe...but even then you don't. Korean short ribs, BBQ over hot coals? yum. Even pork shoulder which is commonly thought to require smoking (aka BBQing), is great when sliced thin and prepared as Korean spicy pork and cooked hot in a wok or over coals (I prefer stir fry)

 

[HomerJS]

The answer is YES

 

[zinfamous]

Best falafel I've had was lot food outside a Dead show, but I suppose circumstances made them taste better. Man, I miss the parking lot scene. Good people, and great boutique commerce.

hey! They follow Phish around, too...but you have to step over all the ravers.

 

[OutHouse]

depends on the delivery.

 

[MrSquished]

I need someone here suggesting a cured beef product that rivals any one of the many, many amazing cured pork products. When we say pork is versatile, that is part of what we are talking about. Not just the parts that are delicious, but the endless variety in preparing pork vs beef. You only "need" a smoker, honestly, to prepare certain cuts, like ribs, maybe...but even then you don't. Korean short ribs, BBQ over hot coals? yum. Even pork shoulder which is commonly thought to require smoking (aka BBQing), is great when sliced thin and prepared as Korean spicy pork and cooked hot in a wok or over coals (I prefer stir fry)

I'm not a fan of most cured pork meats. I don't like salamis and am indifferent about prosciutto. I think bacon is good but highly overrated. I can't take it when people say 'Bacon makes everything better!'.

I have made a delicious pork butt in the oven, and a decent one in a slow cooker, but I prefer it smoked. My two favorite cold cut sandwiches are roast beef & cheese or spiced ham/cappicola and cheese, so that's a wash.

My favorite breakfast dishes are taylor ham, egg & cheese or eggs benedict - so those are pork. But a good steak and eggs is just as good IMO.

Not a fan of pork chops or loin anymore. I do like a pork souvlaki sandwich when made right, but lamb souvlaki is just as good. Lamb chops are great though. It's a close call but I'll stick with beef.

 

[ElFenix]

for fresh, it's definitely beef. steaks, burgers, proper beef ribs (the 1+ lb chuck and short ribs, not those lame back ribs), brisket (fuck off north carolina double-dipping assholes), barbacoa made from a cow head, lengua tacos, oxtail soup. damn good eats.


pork seems to have the edge for curing. but that may just be that oscar meyer beef salami sucks. i should probably track down some bresaola. but i've gone way longer without bacon than without burgers.

30+ years ago I would have said beef, but now with the horrible beef this country produces I have to go with pork.

assuming you're in the US: wut? the pork we make here is garbage compared to the pork in the rest of the world. too damn dry and lean. sure, "the other white meat" increased sales, but at the cost of much of what makes pork, pork.


edit: do i have a swear filter on or something?

 

[ponyo]

Gotta go with beef. The only things I would really miss are pork belly, pig feet, and cured meat. For everything else, beef is superior.

 

[Scarpozzi]

for fresh, it's definitely beef. steaks, burgers, proper beef ribs (the 1+ lb chuck and short ribs, not those lame back ribs), brisket (fuck off north carolina double-dipping assholes), barbacoa made from a cow head, lengua tacos, oxtail soup. damn good eats.


pork seems to have the edge for curing. but that may just be that oscar meyer beef salami sucks. i should probably track down some bresaola. but i've gone way longer without bacon than without burgers.




assuming you're in the US: wut? the pork we make here is garbage compared to the pork in the rest of the world. too damn dry and lean. sure, "the other white meat" increased sales, but at the cost of much of what makes pork, pork.


edit: do i have a swear filter on or something?

I already knew you'd pick beef.....I know, Texas thing. The problem is the blanket question...."which is superior?" leaves too much assumption.

It's hard to beat a marbled ribeye steak, but I think pork's biggest advantage is how bland it is, the number products and ways it's cured.....and ultimately it's price per pound.

What I'm actually saying is that beef is superior in natural meat flavor. Pork is superior because it takes smoke, salt, and sugar really well and it's lighter flavor lends itself to Italian herbs and Asian flavor profiles like soy and ginger-based dishes. (I used to make a lot of pot stickers with ground pork, cabbage, ginger, and soy sauce as the filling) My vote is Pork wins in versatility, but if we had to pick which one to give up, it would be pork over beef....Ribeyes are just too good if you ask me.

 

[renz20003]

Both as long as the cut is this size

 

[Oyeve]

Can't make an awesome pernil with beef.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Victory by default for jamon iberico.

 

[zinfamous]

I'm not a fan of most cured pork meats. I don't like salamis and am indifferent about prosciutto.....

no need to continue. I find your palate to be pedestrian and disqualifying for making proper judgments in this thread!

 

[zinfamous]

for fresh, it's definitely beef. steaks, burgers, proper beef ribs (the 1+ lb chuck and short ribs, not those lame back ribs), brisket (fuck off north carolina double-dipping assholes), barbacoa made from a cow head, lengua tacos, oxtail soup. damn good eats.

I still don't know where this claim comes from. There is nothing natural about brisket anything in NC. Whatever you are talking about must be produced by some 24 year-old mustachioed hipsters playing with your emotions.

And yes, the industry pork that is default in the US is absolute garbage. But, you can find heritage stocks and they are becoming more prevalent...well until the FDA shuts down more and more farms, the assholes.

 

[iCyborg]

It's a tough one, I love me a juicy steak, mmm. And beef stew/goulash > pork stew/goulash.

But I'm giving the edge to pork. Spit roast suckling pig - the skin is awesome when done right, who eats beef skin...
Prosciutto, various type of ham, bacon, smoked and dry-cured sausages, my dad made most of these from scratch so I grew up with this.
Sure, beef has its delicious variants, but pork wins it by a hair for me.

 

[ElFenix]

I still don't know where this claim comes from. There is nothing natural about brisket anything in NC. Whatever you are talking about must be produced by some 24 year-old mustachioed hipsters playing with your emotions.

And yes, the industry pork that is default in the US is absolute garbage. But, you can find heritage stocks and they are becoming more prevalent...well until the FDA shuts down more and more farms, the assholes.

like i said last time we had this conversation, it was from a no-longer-available yahoo video with some north carolinian (who didn't look like a hipster) who'd cook a brisket, thick slice it into steaks, double dip them in sauce, then grill again.

i encountered someone in a video game chat talking about how he did the same thing. said he was from floriduh. so, i dunno, maybe the dumb is just all over the place when you get east of the sabine.

 

[BudAshes]

Bacon wrapped filet cooked to rare perfection is my favorite, so I'll take one of each please.