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Right on Whitney!!!!! Loved all meanings to that statement.
Other proud Americans
Kathwynn and Cecelia
>
>And BTW, just what did he mean "no good rat in the U.S."? I would put U.S.
>rats up to any rats in the world! I think rats are one thing the U.S.
>truly
>excels in...
>
>Whitney
>Proud American
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Chris Keil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 6:34 PM
>Subject: Re: Off subject, re: dog meat
>
>
> > > > Chris Keil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >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?
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, in rural or semi-rural areas of the UK, lots of people keep a
>few
> > > hens. They eat the eggs and then when the hen stops laying or for a
> > > special occasion they kill and eat the bird. This is seen as quite
> > > acceptable. So why condemn what other cultures do.
> >
> > Heavens no, no condemnation on my part. Hell, I'd eat pretty much
>anything,
> > if it were prepared well. Nothing wrong with eating critters, no sir.
> > Sorry if anyone felt I wrote otherwise, it's a failing of the medium.
> >
> > Barbeque. Yum.
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