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The average pork lover thinks about pork at least 12 times a day – or maybe it was 12 times an hour?

The point is, you love to eat. Given your approval of pork on a stick, porkcicles and bacon-crusted pie, it’s clear you crave new, exciting, out-of-this-wok recipes that will have you screaming THAT’S PORKTASTIC!

In the spirit of Cosmo Kramer, equipped with a hearty ham and a meat slicer, we echo his immortal words… “welcome to flavor country.”

We want recipes that make us squeal with glee.

Got one? Send it along and we just may post it here.

Our Favorites: The Porktastic Nine

There are thousands of pork recipes out there. Really, we’re not joking. We find that we can carry about nine comfortably in our brain’s knapsack. Nine. We like nine. We think you will too.

During the next couple of weeks, we will be building our infamous list of nine Porktastic recipes. We’ll be sharing outrageously delicious pork creations featuring a variety of cuts and mouth-watering photos. Once the P-Nine are revealed, you will have the opportunity to influence this list going forward. Stay tuned for details.

9. Skewer This: The Pork Kebab Trifecta. Pork. Bacon. Summer sausage. All grilled to perfection on a stick. Does life get any better than this?

8. Pork [and apple] Pie á la Mode. Why should apples have all the crust and ice cream? We’ve decided they shouldn’t. This is a lean, mean protein pie that is meal worthy and snackalicously good.

7. (Nearly) Intoxicating Pulled Pork Sandwiches. So, we’ve adapted this slow cooker recipe and call it “nearly” intoxicating because we employ root beer instead of the real deal. When this magnificent concoction is shreddin’ ready, trust us when we say we think you’ll be ready to celebrate with a cold one.

6. Gourmet Barbecue Pork Pizza. Pork and Pizza. What could be more natural? Think about it: pizza provides the perfect platform for 100 percent pork pepperoni, succulent squares of ham, mounds of spicy sausage, crispy crumbled bacon, tastefully applied prosciutto…

5. Pineapple & Mango Salsa Pork Wraps. Fruit Pie the Magician could wave a wand and make things appear. Sadly, you don’t have such power when it comes to food prep. This recipe is easy to prepare and can be modified to use shredded pork, pork loin or pork chop leftovers.

4. Italian Pork Hoagie.Hoagie, sub, grinder, zep, po’boy, torpedo… whatever it’s hailed by, Number Four on our Porktastic Nine is sure to delight even the most finicky of eaters…

3. Southwest Grilled Pork Tenderloin. New year, same resolution: eat more pig without looking like one. Since this recipe has lots of lean protein and only 151 calories, you may actually be able to keep that resolution this year.