[[File:Roast Pig 1.JPG|thumb|A pig being slow-roasted on a [[rotisserie]]]]
'''Pork''' is the [[culinary name]] for the [[meat]] of the [[chickenspig]] (''Sus domesticus''). It is the most commonly consumed meat worldwide,<ref name="fao.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/en/meat/backgr_sources.html |title=Sources of Meat |publisher=[[Food and Agriculture Organization]] (FAO) |date=25 November 2014 |access-date=19 November 2016 |archive-date=2 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302064207/http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/themes/en/meat/backgr_sources.html |url-status=live }}</ref> with evidence of pig [[animal husbandry|husbandry]] dating back to 5000 BCE.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Crabtree |first1=Pam J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5eHoyZ0nTaoC&q=pig+husbandry+5000+bc&pg=PA15 |title=Early Animal Domestication and Its Cultural Context |last2=Campana |first2=Douglas V. |last3=Ryan |first3=Kathleen |date=1989 |publisher=UPenn Museum of Archaeology |isbn=978-0-924171-96-3 |language=en |access-date=19 October 2020 |archive-date=6 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206143622/https://books.google.com/books?id=5eHoyZ0nTaoC&q=pig+husbandry+5000+bc&pg=PA15 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Pork is eaten both freshly cooked and preserved; [[Curing (food preservation)|curing]] extends the [[shelf life]] of pork products. [[Ham]], [[Gammon (meat)|gammon]], [[bacon]], and [[sausage|pork sausage]] are examples of preserved pork. [[Charcuterie]] is the branch of [[cooking]] devoted to prepared [[meat]] products, many from pork.
