TWO RIDDLES

1. What can be measured by hands, played with hope, and held with prudence?

2. Can you fill in the blank with a single word  to complete the sentence below? Wordplay is fair play.

"This is a kosher restaurant. We serve chicken and beef. But if it's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for, you'll have to go to Lou's Bacon Basket across the street.

HINT:
2. It's the name of an animal.

Answers:

1. Horses 
2. porcupine  (pork you pine)