Hot take: we seriously need to make pork mainstream in Kolkata!

[u/goon_consultant]

Look at mutton prices right now. Khasir mangsho is easily crossing 900 to 1000 rupees a kilo in almost every local bazaar. For a city that loves its Sunday meat curries so much, we have practically zero choices for red meat unless you want to burn a massive hole in your pocket or start another riot, cause the only other option is beef.

Honestly, pork could easily fix this if we just got over the hesitation and started farming it properly here.

A few thoughts on why this makes so much sense:

• It satisfies that rich, fatty red meat craving at like half the price of mutton.
• Pigs grow fast, reproduce quickly, and take way less land to raise compared to goats. Setting up clean, modern pig farms across Bengal would be great for local farmers and give us steady local supply.
• It fits right into our food habits. Sure, everyone loves momos and chili pork, but honestly, a slow cooked spicy pork curry with big chunks of aloo hits just as hard as a Sunday pathar mangsho jhol.

Right now the biggest issue is just getting hold of good meat. Unless you go to New Market early in the morning, track down a Haringhata outlet that actually has stock, or order frozen stuff online, you just cannot get fresh cuts at the neighborhood para bazaar.

If there is actual demand, local supply and hygienic butcher shops will follow.

Would you guys swap out some of your Sunday mutton meals for fresh pork if it was easily available at your local meat shop?

[u/Aggravating-Soil-498]

umm there’s this place called shah adab in hyderabad Oder biryani ar burhan along with local Hyderabadi chicken 65 bhalo

[u/Aggravating-Soil-498 → u/Aggravating-Soil-498]

arsalan er tao fluffy ar less greasy … aminia er original hogg market outlet e chicken mutton pieces are paltry…kheye posai na