MM in the Kitchen, Stimulus Bill Edition -- The Audacity of Pork!

Well, Obama signed the much-maligned (and much-unread) stimulus bill today.

I'm thinking, MAN, that's a LOT of pork. What to do, what to do? Oh, I know! I give you . . . PORK RECIPES.

Bite me.

• Porchetta -- some info to go with the photo above. Cine-Sib and I had some last summer, and it was divine.
• The glories of bacon are available to all at Bacon Today
• Smithfield hams! A culinary masterpiece.
• Prosciutto di Parma, a favorite of the Cine-Sib. Try it with sweet, ripe, juicy cantaloupe. Really!
  
• Nearly 5000 pork recipes at Food Network
  
• The National Pork Board has a gazillion recipes online. Pork -- the other white meat!
• Haven't you tried this splendiferous carnitas recipe yet? Make it at once! I personally vouch for it.
• Try some Southern pulled pork sandwiches. Awesome. Messy, but awesome.
• Perhaps you will like these step-by-step directions for making pork potstickers. YUM.
• Char sui bao. The apotheosis of bread + meat at dim sum. Oh, man!
• Pork belly sandwiches Chinese-style, with mantou for the bread.
  
• Learn something about the very British thing known as pork pie. It's got its own historical association, you know.
  

Now I often have a DVD playing while I cook. If you're in the mood, try one of this porcine productions:

• "Babe" (1995) -- That'll do, pig!
• "Charlotte's Web"(1973 cartoon or 2006 live action)
  
• any of the "Shrek" flicks -- look for the Three Little Pigs
• "The Lion King" (1994) for Pumbaa the warthog.

UPDATE 1: OK, this made me laugh. Some anti-pork protestors roasted a pig in front of the Capitol Denver today. Creative and delicious dissent, I must say!

UPDATE 2: Can I get some government money so I *don't* get pork?