1.   -- In East Texas, like most of the South, we season vegetables with great gobs of bacon drippings or other forms of pig fat.

2.   Every winter in Tuscany, pig fat is stacked in marble tubs and marinated with salt, herbs, aromatics and wine.

3.   Hard as it is for Southerners to accept, there are ways to flavor food besides pig fat.

4.   The savory pig fat, with its characteristic pink vein, is known for its texture -- something like a meaty butter that melts in the mouth.

5.   Some still use penis gourds and stone implements, and tribespeople use pig fat for protection from the cold and mosquitoes.

6.   Similarly Muslim soldiers took up arms against the British, fearing the bullets were coated with pig fat, deemed unclean to Islamists.

7.   Similarly, Muslim soldiers took up arms against the British, fearing the bullets were coated with pig fat, deemed unclean to followers of Islam.

8.   Some still wear penis gourds and use pig fat for protection from the cold and mosquitoes.