“Why is the cook worried about catching his runaway pig?”/“He knows a little ham goes a long way.”

“A little ham goes a long way” is a culinary expression, but there’s a riddle:
   
Q: Why is the cook worried about catching his runaway pig?
A: He knows a little ham goes a long way.
   
The pig joke has been cited in print since at least 2008.
 
 
MSN—Pig Jokes (September 8, 2008)
Why is the cook worried about catching his runaway pig? He knows a little ham goes a long way.
     
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Why is the cook worried about catching his runaway pig? He knows a little ham goes a long way.
 
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Gail T. Green
@Gail1983
Why is the cook worried about catching his runaway pig? He knows a little ham goes a long way.
5:49 PM - 11 Dec 2009
   
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Armando Ramos
@ArmandoARR
Why is the cook worried about catching his runaway pig? He knows a little ham goes a long way.
10:54 AM - 19 Jan 2010
     
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Sensible Nonsense.. Frank’s Comic Pack:
Humour Pack Series
By Frank Paul
BookBaby
2014
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Why is the cook worried about catching his runaway pig? He knows a little ham goes a long way.
 
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lorraine Jo King
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Why is the cook worried about catching his runaway pig?
He knows a little ham goes a long way.
3:50 AM - 16 Jun 2018