He Buried The Pork

[Porkypork]

My colleague and I were having a chat about food going off and she told me a story about how many years ago, she and her husband did a big shop for Christmas including a joint of pork. Anyway, an event occurred which meant lots of the food didn't get eaten and mid story, she said 'The pork joint was going off so my husband buried it in the garden'.

I had to stop her midflow as I was so surprised by this and actually found it quite funny. She was quite put out that I found it so odd which surprised me as we have a great relationship, kind, supportive and full of humour.

I apologised for my reaction and everything is fine but can I ask - is this a normal thing to do? Burying a gone off joint of meat in your back garden? They don't have dogs if that makes a difference at all!

She is older than me and this event happened a long time ago so don't know if it is something previous generations would have done? I don't want to ask any further questions of her as it clearly touched a nerve!

Sorry, I assumed "buried the pork" was a euphemism.

I thought the title was a euphemism.

While they might not have had dogs, neighbours would have. And there were probably foxes in the neighbourhood. I'm sure something would have dug it up.

Me too - cf. ‘hide the sausage’.

If mine said he was going to bury the pork in the garden I'd assume he had a woman waiting in the shed 🤣

Reminds me of the ill-advised nineteen-eighties advertising campaign: "slam in the lamb". As well as making me chortle remembering all the meat-related weaponry terms in Roger's Profanisaurus: bacon bazooka, pork sword, lamb cannon, mutton musket, etc.

Not what I was expecting 🥴

Oh god I actually didn't think about the euphemism side of it! I'll see if I can change the title.

I can’t stop laughing, thought this was a dirty title and it’s even funnier that they buried an actual meat joint 😂

One for the classics??

Nah

Thread seems to have gone off on a wild tangent @Porkypork love your user name too 😂
No idea re your question, never come across that before. Would it decompose like a body. Bit grim

Why would he not just take it with him the next time he was out and out it in a public bin if your own bin day was a few days away and he didn’t want it in the house or dustbin?

Honestly a genuine error with the title, I've contacted Mumsnet to change it now. I've also name changed for this thread as I don't want it linked to my previous name in case my colleague or someone she knows, sees it.

@BobbyBobbyBobby I asked this too - she seemed annoyed and said we just didn't, it seemed better to bury it. She is a lovely person and I didn't want to push it by repeating 'but why?'
Just wondered if this is something anyone else has done or heard of as she seemed to think it was quite normal.

But it would still be obvious that you have blabbed about it!

Anywhere around here a fox would have dug it up!

As for ‘euphemisms’ re pork and sausage, etc., I used to live in a country where someone referred to a man ‘planting cucumbers’ in someone else’s wife.😂
(Their usual cucumbers were a bit smaller than what we’re used to in the U.K.)

I also assumed this was a euphemism for bedroom mishaps.

Proper composting would have been better but as long as nothing dug it up, this is just the soil doing the soil's work. Haven't you ever known someone bury a dead pet in the garden?

@astronewt we buried our pets growing up but it was more the fact it was a joint of pork that was going off - it just seemed so odd to me but so normal to her so I thought I'd ask on here in case I was a bit off the mark with my reaction. But you're right, it's not any different, just took me by surprise!

Never heard of this, but maybe they thought it might be good for garden plants? Microorganisms will decompose and make nutrients for plants and trees, like in the nature?

Samuel Pepys once buried a round of cheese but that was to consume later.

I have visions of the rancid pork being given a short funeral service before being solemnly interred.

Please don’t change the title, this has made me really laugh 😂

I have never heard of anyone doing this either but I once caught stbexh throwing a banana skin in a pile of leaves in the garden. He thought it would decompose and I thought it would encourage rats.

🍆 I was thinking the same too

This has made my day 😂😂😂No I wouldn't say burying a joint of pork or any joint of meat is normal

In 5/10 years time people will
Be saying buried pork to suggest that they have been in mumsnet for a long time. Like they do with penis beaker and screaming in the Sistine chapel