how does pork taste like?

i’ve never had it in my life, it’s just repulsive and it was NEVER allowed in my household due to religious and cultural reasons. i just wonder what it tastes like. i remember watching this documentary about this cannibal and he was describing what humans taste like and he said “it’s like pork but better.” that just made me even more disgusted by it. i barely even eat beef anymore but don’t think i could ever cut off chicken or fish. meat is just kinda gross to me idk whyyyy. but anyways, please lemme know what pig tastes like

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DunningKruger · 61-69, M

Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of pork, as in pork chops or pork roast. It generally tastes kind of bland, really. Most of the flavor in it comes from whatever herbs and spices you add to it.

Ham is different, though. I love ham. Ham is flavorful on its own, especially when paired with cheese and maybe potato salad on a nice bread. I suppose it's comparable to the difference between light and dark meat chicken — white breast meat from a chicken generally tastes sort of like chewing on cardboard, while the thighs and legs are dark, juicy and flavorful.

Then, of course, there's bacon. A lot of the flavor of bacon comes from the nitrates they use to make it, as well as the texture. Flavorwise, it tastes just like ham, more or less, if you get past the salt, just crispy and crunchy.

This is kind of like trying to describe what the color blue looks like to someone born blind.