> > 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.
