[Sca-cooks] fat or skinny period pigs

[Linda Barta]

Interesting thread and information. Thank you all. 

Dagmar

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Ours is not to rewrite history; but to learn from it to improve the future. 

> On Mar 4, 2016, at 10:20 AM, JIMCHEVAL at aol.com wrote:
> 
> Note that pigs weren't just left to their own devices in the country. One  
> medieval king's son was killed when a pig in the Paris streets spooked his  
> horse.
> 
> Jim  Chevallier
> 
> Contributor, Savoring Gotham
> A Food  Lover's Companion to New York City
> Editor-in-chief: Andrew F. Smith  and Foreword by Garrett Oliver
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> 
> In a message dated 3/4/2016 8:09:51 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
> talana1 at hotmail.com writes:
> 
> My  thought would be that medieval swine that foraged most of the year and 
> were  driven out when ready for slaughter, would be fairly lean.  If kept, 
> or  penned before slaughter, there would be an opportunity to fatten them up  
> first
> 
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