Abandoned the Immortal Cultivator, returned to his hometown to farm and sing

Chapter 1314, Section 1302: Scientific Pig Farming
On the same night, thousands of online influencers simultaneously started live streaming, transforming into "food bloggers" to prepare the same dish—pan-fried pork chops.

This move will undoubtedly leave an indelible mark on internet history.

As a result, a large number of topics trended on social media.

#All streamers on the internet are frying the same piece of meat#
#PorkChopHasGetsAPhysicalCheat#
#Thanks to the cat-head pork for saving my clumsy hands#
Did you pan-fry pork chops today?
And the top trending topic, #TheTasteOfOurFathers'Childhood#
The cat-themed treasure hunt video already stated its theme: "Childhood games awaken childhood memories."

But yesterday, so many bloggers were live-streaming, and all I heard was them saying how delicious it was, how easy it was to make, and how amazing they were; all I saw was them eating with such abandon, looking shocked, and their mouths greasy with oil.

But it seems no one says it's the same as when they were kids.

Not all.

There's a funny blogger who's never cooked, never been inside a kitchen, and never even touched a spatula—a complete novice.

I still live at home with my parents.

He suddenly wanted to go into the kitchen to cook.

His father was so frightened that he kept a close watch at the kitchen door, afraid that he would blow up the kitchen.

As a result, despite his stumbling and fumbling, he actually managed to make the pan-fried pork chop.

It looks to be in pretty good condition.

My first attempt at cooking was a great success.

The blogger was so happy, she was gesturing wildly and showing off to her dad.

"Dad! Try my cooking! Dare to say it's not delicious?"

The old man took a bite with some skepticism, chewed it a couple of times, and suddenly froze, his eyes becoming complicated.

"Young man...where did you buy this meat? This taste...it's a bit like the pigs that Old Wang's family used to raise for the New Year in our village..." The old man hesitated, recalling, taking bite after bite without stopping.

Suddenly her eyes widened, "Did you add some fancy seasoning again?!"

The comedy blogger cried because he didn't get to eat a single bite of the meat and was wrongly accused. "I'm wronged, Dad! I only added salt and pepper! It was the meat that made the difference!"

So the taste of childhood that Cat Head was talking about was his father's childhood, forty or fifty years ago?
Wow, that was a really long time ago.

But why?

Because pigs are different.

Since 1995, when the large-scale import of three-way crossbred pigs (Landrace, Large White, and Duroc) began, China has been able to expand its pig industry.

These breeds occupy more than 90% of the market share due to their advantages such as fast growth rate (ready for slaughter in six months), high feed conversion rate (one pound of meat for every two and a half pounds of feed), and high lean meat percentage (over 60%).

In other words, after 2000, the pork we eat daily is almost entirely from crossbred pigs.

While crossbred pigs have many advantages, they also have one drawback.

The meat is rather tough and has few flavor compounds.

But what about before 2000?

They need to be raised from the beginning of the year to be ready for market at the end of the year; they need to be fed 4.5 jin of feed to gain 1 jin of meat; the mainstream is the local pig with a good balance of fat and lean, delicate meat, rich aroma, and obvious marbling.

The cost is high, and the price is expensive, so people can only afford to eat a lot of meat during the Chinese New Year.

Most of the online influencers are young people, in their early twenties, with few in their thirties, so naturally they haven't experienced this.

Therefore, their parents' generation felt the deepest emotions.

But why is there such a difference?
This brings us back to the food blogger introducing the concept of IMF, which represents intramuscular fat, during the live stream.

Whether pork is tender or tough, flavorful or juicy, depends on the intramuscular fat.

As living standards improve, many people are no longer satisfied with ordinary pork and have begun to pursue high-quality pork, and are willing to pay a premium for it.

If there is market demand, pig farms must naturally meet that demand.

In recent years, the market share of high-quality pork, including local pigs and black pigs, has increased rapidly, with a compound annual growth rate of 15%, far exceeding that of the traditional pork market.

It is far from saturated and is constantly expanding.

At this time, the cat head also needs to enter the high-quality pork market.

Those pork companies naturally wouldn't miss such a good publicity opportunity.

What a great opportunity to ride the wave of popularity! Why not take advantage of it?

Nutritionists from many food companies and star-rated hotels are beginning to popularize the concept of IMF.

Besides giving direct explanations, almost everyone brought out pork with an IMF rating of 3 or higher, some even reaching 3.5 or 3.6, and the worst being 3.2 or 3.3.

These pork pieces all have beautiful marbling.

High-quality pork with an IMF rating of over 3 isn't exclusive to Maomaotou. Other pigs, as long as they are of excellent breed, have a reasonable feed formula, are raised for a long time, and get plenty of exercise, also have a chance of achieving this. Even if there's only one pig in a group, and that pig only has one piece of pork.

It's just that there are few of them.

They are usually served as the centerpiece of high-end hotel restaurants or upscale hotels, used to entertain distinguished guests.

Or, like this time, use it to gain fame.

In addition to these high-quality porks, they also presented many other types of pork for comparison.

Even more extreme, some have resorted to Soxhlet extraction.

In front of the camera, pork is cut into small pieces, and soluble fat is extracted using a Soxhlet extractor by siphoning with low-boiling-point ether as a solvent. The intramuscular fat content, or IMF value, is then calculated based on this.

得出了菜市场普通土猪肉IMF2.8到3.0，超市常见猪肉IMF2到2.5，市场上特别便宜的打折猪肉IMF只在2以下。

Their own samples all have scientific data of more than 3.

They appeared very professional.

There's really no need to be so professional.

When several pieces of pork are placed side by side for comparison, the differences are clearly visible to the naked eye.

Especially inferior pork below IMF2 level.

The lean parts are dark red in color, without any white or wrinkles, and the meat is very firm, with thick and dense muscle fibers.

After being cut off and left for a while, the surface dries very quickly, but moisture seeps out from the cut surface.

This is pure lean meat.

Even if you stew this kind of meat, it will still be dry, tough, and stringy.

The only advantage is its low fat content.

This content was then made into short videos, GIFs, and high-definition comparison images.

It spread layer by layer on the internet.

This attracted curious onlookers who used magnifying glasses and their phone cameras to take macro photos of the texture of the pork they were selling.

I bought many different kinds, looked at them, made them, ate them, and then compared them.

I'll describe my experience and share my tips from the perspectives of tenderness, firmness, aroma, and juiciness, and also make a short video to spread the word.

The literacy campaign was completed smoothly, popularizing the concept of high-quality pork.

And it has deeply ingrained the concept of the IMF and the number "3.5" as representing top-quality pork in people's minds.
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After our colleagues have finished popularizing the concept.

The cat rubbed its head against a big one and posted a summary.

This report summarizes the number of plays for the single "Bouncing Little Pig Song" on various music platforms and the number of similar tracks on short video platforms.

How many discount coupons were given out during the treasure hunt event? How many new products were launched?

The live-streaming event with thousands of participants attracted a huge audience and sparked numerous discussions.

Even on the day of a live stream with a thousand viewers, how many more orders did the food delivery platform receive?

Each figure is staggering, demonstrating the remarkable influence of the cat head.

There was also a huge investment made to sell pork.

Yes, not surprising at all. I've seen how many times it's been trending on social media, dominating the charts for a week. How can it not be exaggerated?

However, cold, hard numbers cannot evoke a sense of resonance.

They still need warmth.

So in the end.

Cathead specifically commented on the live stream with a thousand viewers.

Today, we traversed thousands of live streams, witnessing thousands of joyful "sizzles" and capturing thousands of glances sparkling with nostalgia.

We may be using the latest non-stick pans and watching the most up-to-date live streams, but what we're searching for is the same ancient, deeply ingrained flavor code.

A passion for food.

IMF 3.5 may be a technical term, but what it ultimately delivers is an emotional answer. It tells us that some things don't have to be lost in the past. The ultimate romance of technological progress is to allow a better life to coexist with the initial感动 (feeling of being moved/touched).

The "IMF 3.5" standard is no longer a cold, technical indicator, but rather a warm and inviting "taste time machine." Its ease of preparation lowers the barrier to reminiscing about the past, while its superior taste transcends mere memories, creating new and delightful experiences.

That lost taste of childhood has been officially identified and successfully reconnected to the present!

[The taste of childhood, no need to reminisce, just fry it up anytime!]

[You can applaud now...]

The ultimate romance of technological progress: the taste of childhood has been connected to the present, and there's no need to reminisce about the flavors of childhood...

That sounds so nice.

applaud??
I want to eat fart!
The comments section below the article is overflowing with "Hurry up!"

I'll fry it anytime, if there's meat on the table.

After all this fuss and building up the atmosphere, you guys should just start selling!
There's one last step.

We also need to explain how pigs are raised.

Cat Head posted another video.

Two massive gates slowly opened in front of us. Above the gates, in an arched shape, were the words "Qingyin Agricultural Modern Pig Farm".

How big is that door?

There's enough room for four Dongfeng trucks to drive in side by side, and there's still room to spare.

Inside the gate, the cement road is wide and flat, and tall locust trees are planted on both sides of the road, each of which is more than 20 meters high.

The locust trees cast large shades, completely covering the road, just like a tree-lined avenue.

Such a tall tree is rare to find elsewhere; it would be a scenic spot in a park, adorned with red ribbons.

There are two large rows of pigs in this pig farm.

Black locust trees have strong pollution resistance and can absorb harmful gases such as sulfur dioxide and chlorine, making them particularly suitable for planting in factories, especially heavy industrial factories.

These two rows of large trees were specially planted when the Third Front factory was built, more than fifty years ago.

Behind the locust trees, there were rows of trees, almost as tall as the locust trees, reaching the height of seven or eight stories.

The factory is a huge building with an area as large as three basketball courts.

The factory building was somewhat dilapidated, with some of the exterior paint peeling off, and the newly applied patches were noticeably different from the surrounding buildings.

Thick pipes are interconnected at the top of the factory building.

And there's more than one.

The surrounding area was filled with high-tech equipment, which contrasted sharply with the old factory buildings, making them seem like products of different eras.

And these factories stretch as far as the eye can see, there are countless of them.

After passing through several disinfection channels, we entered a factory building.

There is a unique cave here.

The field, the size of three football fields, was divided into a dense array of small squares, each eight meters long and five meters wide, resembling a giant chessboard.

The space, which is six or seven stories high, was not wasted; it was divided into three floors.

It's also a three-dimensional chessboard.

Each cell also has a fence that divides it into two areas, one large and one small.

The smaller side was empty, with only a row of low troughs.

On the larger side, there were either lying down, crouching, or wandering around in circles, where five to ten fat pigs lived.

The cacophony of humming was deafening.

Upon closer inspection, these large, fat pigs were quite unusual, each with two large black circles around its eyes.

Haha, panda pig.

So the pig god statue by the lake wasn't just a figment of imagination; there really is a panda pig.

These are the Rongchang pigs that Zhang Feng introduced to Ping'an Ditch and raised for several years.

To get good meat, you first need good breeds.

This type of pig has plump, juicy, and tender front shoulder meat, which is incredibly delicious when made into boiled sliced ​​pork.

The pork ribs have a delicate and light color, and their volatile aromatic substances easily seep out, filling the stewed ribs with a rich meaty aroma.

Pork belly is plump and thick, with a clear and orderly arrangement of seven layers: three lean, three fat, and one skin, making it the best ingredient for twice-cooked pork.

The pig's tail is short and thick, with thick, gelatinous skin, a soft and sticky texture, and a rich flavor.

It is a pig that is delicious from head to toe.

They're just too lively; they love to run around, shout, and make a ruckus, causing a lot of noise.

If you don't wear earplugs, you can't stay inside for more than a few minutes; it's so noisy your head is buzzing.

Suddenly, a series of clicking sounds came from the mechanical turning.

The pigs seemed to have received some kind of signal, and no matter what they were doing, they all stopped.

The bees swarmed to the fence, howling and buzzing even louder at the other side.

The clicking sound drew closer.

The overhead track transports funnels one by one, which then stop at designated locations.

They all fell down together, toppling over.

Wow~~
A large amount of runny food fell down, filling the trough.

The fence was raised at the same time.

The pigs rushed over like madmen, shoved their heads into the trough, and stuffed their mouths full of food with grunts.

It was only at this moment that the factory became a little quiet.

It took a lot of effort to design this feeding system when building the pig farm.

In typical large-scale pig farms, each pig has its own long pen, where the pig stays from a young age until it grows up, unable to turn around or move.

Aside from eating, all I can do is lie down.

They have to stick their heads out of the fence to eat and drink from the feeding trough.

This method allows for the fastest weight gain, precise feeding, and maximum cost savings.

However, Rongchang pigs are naturally short-necked and cannot stick their heads out, so large-scale farming cannot be done in the same way as traditional farms.

The only thing we could do was put a low feeding trough in the pigpen.

Furthermore, with the addition of intelligent equipment for real-time monitoring, the pigs are grouped according to their appetite.

Anyway, the ones that eat more grow faster and are sold first, while those that eat less grow slower and are raised for a longer period of time.

To implement dynamic control.

Although it's a bit troublesome, it makes it easier to select individuals that eat little, grow quickly, and have good meat quality, and keep them for breeding.

With each generation, the variety will become better and better.

And the pigs eat different things.

In the thin, mushy pig feed, besides traditional soybean meal, you can also find well-cooked sweet potatoes, potatoes, pumpkins, corn, various vegetables and roots, as well as finely chopped, tender grass.

They only eat cooked food.

Pigs absorb cooked food better and are less prone to illness.

In particular, high-starch crops grow faster, which can shorten the time to market and indirectly reduce costs.

In addition to breed, the feed used to feed meat is also very important for good meat quality.

Qingyin Agriculture has signed supply contracts with several surrounding villages.

They specialize in large-scale cultivation of fast-growing potatoes, sweet potatoes, and pumpkins, without regard to taste or appearance, as long as the quantity is large enough.

It's for feeding pigs anyway.

Unfortunately, Qiuyan No. 9 still didn't work; that stuff was too awful to eat, even pigs wouldn't eat it, otherwise we could have saved a lot of money on feed.

In short, the villagers in those villages were extremely happy. They didn't have to worry about sales; they could just focus on planting, and the higher the yield, the more money they would make.

The instructors from the agricultural technology station were constantly running over there, their enthusiasm for learning the technology running high.

However, the key to the high quality of the Rongchang pigs raised here is the chopped grass.

Sweet elephant grass grows in Ping'an Ditch.

More than 10,000 tons a year, so at least there's somewhere to consume them.

Adding 5% to the feed can dramatically change the quality of the meat.

After the pigs finished eating, click, the fence behind them opened.

The big, fat pigs turned around and shook their round bellies.

They wobbled out and walked out through the back passage.

At one end of the factory, workers at the pig farm were using long bamboo poles to knock on the fence and drive the lazy, unwilling pigs out.

One by one, large, fat pigs followed a special passage into the grove.

It's the same forest where Luo Yihang tested the Fragrant Stone Spirit Gathering Array.

The pigs can run around freely here, turn over the soil, dig, stroll around, and even fall in love.

Anyway, you can't be idle; you need to exercise after you've eaten.

Want to find a shady spot under a tree, lie down, and take a nap?
No show.

You'll be woken up as soon as you lie down.

The chubby girl met Luo Xiaofei during the treasure hunt, and that was the kind of job he did.

Bold, careful, and fast—most importantly, fast.

If you piss a big fat pig off, it will really chase and gnaw at you.

This is called a pig farming method that combines modern and traditional methods. The pigs in the entire pig farm are divided into five batches and take turns to roam.

Each pig is guaranteed two hours of exercise time per day.

Adequate exercise is essential for good meat quality.

During the free-range period, the pigsty is cleaned, disinfected, and deodorized to ensure that every pig returns home clean and in a good mood.

Good genetics, good food, good housing, good mood, moderate exercise, and a lively and cheerful disposition.

Together, they have created high-quality pork with an IMF rating of 3.5.

How much would it cost to sell pigs raised like this, with such good pork?

(End of this chapter)