Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 06, 2013

Pig… eats… bacon and sausages??

“I can resist anything except temptation.” (Oscar Wilde)

I applaud Pig’s moderation.

“Everything in moderation, including moderation.” (On a quick search, I found that basic idea attributed to Ben Franklin, Mark Twain, and Oscar Wilde …?)

Cartoons characters don’t worry about their weight. They’re all very thin.

Paha-siga: Yes, it’s common knowledge that Pig loves pork products. The title of the first Pearls book is “BLTs Taste So Darn Good” and shows Pig eating the aforementioned sandwich. Many of Pig’s deceased relatives have come back from time to time as delicious and tasty treats! Especially his aunt Vivian and uncle George.

Hey, leggo my lardo…

That’s going to be one tender, juicy, delicious pig in a few weeks! I hope I can get a roast or two out of him!!

I like a moderate sausage & biscuit from Hardees; once a year.

Had to look it up: “But at over 400 calories and more than 45 grams of fat from just the two ounces of butter even before it is put in the deep fat fryer”.

Boy, some Americans really are trying to commit suicide through food…..

Mmm… fried butter on a stick.

fried butter on a stick…he likes scottish food?

One of my “once-a-week” treat are BREADED DEEP-FRIED FAT BALLS WITH BUTTER SAUCE… Just sayin’

Here in the South, we call the fryer the “Southern Oven” and a friendlier term for deep frying is “deep sauteing.”

Mmmmmmmmm…

Everywhere there’s lots of piggies living piggy livesYou can see them out for dinner with their piggy wivesClutching forks and knives to eat their bacon

Mr. Pastis, Mayor Bloomberg on line one.

Try a deep fried cheeseburger. MMMMMM…

Just reading Pig’s menu makes me glad I’m a vegetarian!

I don’t understand the fair here in Dallas. They deep fry cheesecake. Why!?

It’s all about smart choices

Pig only eats pork sausage on ground hog day.Unground hog is not nearly as good.

Riiiiiight, Pig.

Turkey bacon, turkey sausage

Chilicheeseburgers (onion, pickle and mustard only), chili dogs with chopped raw onion and mustard, White Castles…These are a few of my favorite things….

Wait, wait, wait! Pig eats hot dog and bacon…GASP!! CANNIBAL!!!

Deep fried Mars Bars.

I thought pig was setting up for a pun, but no.Puns can be found today in Crankshaft http://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-games/fun/Crankshaft/and Bizarrohttp://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-games/fun/Bizarro/

never name a pig, if your goin to “eat him”

I love Pig so much…

Didn’t someone call him ‘Fatty McFat’ in a past strip?

LOL xxx

Just to remind everyone again, factory farmed animals are routinely fed animal parts as part of their regular diet. How do you think mad cow disease gets around so fast? Brains.

they had deep fried koolaid at the Calgary Stampede last year, didn’t try it.

sounds like lunch to me!

Local diner serves bacon with breakfast. Menu picture is thicker than the serving slices !

I eat whatever is the cheapest since that is all I can afford, which sadly is the most unhealthy. I have tried for years to eat the healther stuff but a money doesn’t make it a whole month that way.

Sounds like a day at the Texas State Fair!!

What are all you Goats worried about? Pig said he practices moderation—only once a week for each fatty yummy! I bet he hasn’t gained an ounce in years!

The Paula Deen: Deep fried butter on a stick drizzled with melted butter.

bollocks. they good for you. but yeah, pig eating bacon… i’m in the mood for some pork crackes…

I like Pig’s style.

And, of course, weekends don’t count at all.

Leave Pig alone, he’s only living up to his name.

Bacon taste best when it is so crisp that it cracks into shards, just like glass, when dropped on a hard surface. The trick is to stop frying them five seconds before they taste like ashes, which in turn is a few seconds before they actually turn into ash. You have to learn the hard way when that point in time is for a given combination of stove, frying pan, and make of bacon (and slice thickness obviously, if you slice it yourself…).

While reading today’s strip, i could feel my arteries clogging actively.

Pig eats bacon? WOW!

Real pigs will eat almost anything. Sows will eat their new born (a lack of iron can be one cause). Sometimes they just develope a taste for meat of any type.

@Alexikakos

Seriously?! Has anyone ever actually eaten that??

We Americans will apparently deep fry anything that holds still long enough.

Next Garfield…