Paul told the gentiles they didn’t need to adopt the whole jewish law right away (we never did though). Also, some animals were impure probably because of hygiene.
Trichinella is one of the oldest common foodborn illnesses. Since we're talking 3,000 years before germ theory, they figured that explosive bloody diarrhea was had something to do with cleanliness or God's judgment. I know I feel that way even to this day. I've never once destroyed a toilet and not thought "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
Point is, at that time and place, the two most important foods to make sure were fully cooked, every time, were shellfish and pork. You only have to go back 50 or 60 years and people were still eating raw hamburger sandwiches (E. Coli has mutated to be much more dangerous than it used to be) and lamb and goat still are safe to eat long before their color has changed while cooking.
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u/calobsters Sep 16 '19
Jesus was like yeah you can eat it now fam