{"id":125104,"date":"2019-12-27T14:40:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T13:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2019\/12\/27\/bred-by-an-emperor-the-fight-to-save-hungarys-mangalica-pigs\/"},"modified":"2019-12-27T14:40:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T13:40:45","slug":"bred-by-an-emperor-the-fight-to-save-hungarys-mangalica-pigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=125104","title":{"rendered":"Bred by an emperor: the fight to save Hungary&#039;s mangalica pigs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back from the brink, African swine fever now threatens pigs behind \u2018unique\u2019 prized porkBred by an emperor and nearly killed off by communists, the Hungarian mangalica pig has been through a lot during its nearly two centuries of existence. A lumbering, chunky beast clad in a sheep-like coat of hair, it is the hairiest and fattiest of pigs. According to its many fans, it\u2019s also one of the tastiest.On the verge of extinction three decades ago, the mangalica has made a remarkable comeback to the farms, tables and hearts of Hungarians over the past decade, and has recently been taking the global fine dining scene by storm, from the US to Japan, where its fatty, marbled texture has led it to be nicknamed \u201cKobe pork\u201d. In Hungary, the breed has been officially registered as one of the country\u2019s national treasures. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/dec\/27\/hungary-fight-to-save-mangalica-pigs\" target=\"_blank\">Bred by an emperor: the fight to save Hungary&#039;s mangalica pigs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back from the brink, African swine fever now threatens pigs behind \u2018unique\u2019 prized porkBred by an emperor and nearly killed off by communists, the Hungarian mangalica pig has been through a lot during its nearly two centuries of existence. A lumbering, chunky beast clad in a sheep-like coat of hair, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}