Why Jews Don’t Eat Pork (Though Some Do)

… What do you think of the assertion that it is precisely the most proper type of meat that Jews avoid eating?… I heartily agree with it, but I have another question. Do they abstain from eating pork by reason of some special request for hogs or from abhorrence of the creature? Their own accounts sound like pure myth, but perhaps they have some serious reasons which they do not publish.

—Plutarch

Homer: Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute. Lisa honey, are you
saying you’re *never* going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Pork chops?
Lisa: Dad! Those all come from the same animal!
Homer: [laughs sarcastically] Yeah, right Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.