@Sarnia, I vaguely remember a pig’s head being turned into brawn - must have been at a granny’s house. Also seeing pigs’ heads in butchers’ windows.
Funnily enough it was many years later that I realised that the ‘fromage de tete’ (cheese of head) we often saw fresh in French delis, or in jars in the supermarket, were basically pig’s head brawn by a fancier name.
I have to say that one dd loves it!
I have no personal objection to it, since if you’re going to kill an animal for food, it’s surely only sensible and ethical to use as much of it as possible.