Chris Keil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
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>I had (well, have, actually) a Chinese friend at school who complains
>bitterly that you can't get good rat in the U.S. He went on and on about
>it, how the rat here tastes funny. I thought he was joking, until one day
>he got a package from home... Yeesh.
>
>I always liked the story of the origin of the Vietnamiese pot bellied pigs
>as pets. They keep the little guys for a couple years as household pets,
>and then cook the little guys up. How has this become a thread?
In many parts of India, such as Goa, and other parts of Asia where there
is no religious bar on the practise, it is usual for a poor person's
house to be built on stilts with a pig pen underneath. All household
waste (and I mean *all* household waste!) simply goes through a whole in
the floor. After a suitable interval the pig is eaten.
--
Julian
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