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If you had to guess, what do you think the most-consumed meat in the world is? Beef? Maybe chicken? Try PORK . Although it's only the third-most-popular meat in America (being beaten out by beef and chicken), pork is nevertheless the most popular meat worldwide. China is the largest pork consumer — but would you guess that Canada is the largest pork producer? I learned all of this at the beginning of a new tour offered by Urban Adventures in Toronto — their “When Pigs Fry” tour of Toronto, which focuses on the city's long history as a pork capital. (There's a reason the city used to be nicknamed “ Hogtown ,” you know…) Our tour began outside the Flatiron building at the corner of Church, Wellington, and Front streets in downtown Toronto. There, we met our local guide Jason (who helped design this pork-centric tour), and got a brief lesson about pigs. We learned that pigs were brought over from Europe in the 1700s and were traditionally fre...