Urban hunting . . .
On 15/06/2021 4:27 PM, greg via Mercedes wrote:
<<...dogs were once bred to cook, according to *Popular Science’s*
podcast...>>
I used to read the Asian news for intel. I came across an item once about
a Korean woman who was killed while chasing a dog across traffic. It made
me wonder whether it was a pet or...
Greg
*necessity is the mother of invention…*Businesses have been finding
innovative solutions to labor issues forever. For example, dogs were once
bred to cook, according to *Popular Science’s* podcast, *The Weirdest
Thing
I Learned This Week*.7
When people relied on fire to roast meat, the spit was an invaluable tool.
However, turning a spit for hours wasn’t a popular job, so dogs were
bred
and trained to turn spits. “The first mention of the turnspit dog…was
in
1576…The long story short here is that people bred terrier-like dogs
to…fit
easily into these treadmills that powered various kitchen aids, but
primarily the roasting spit.â€7
By some accounts, the poor working conditions of turnspit dogs in New York
hotels contributed to the founding of the American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).7
7 https://www.popsci.com/science/turnspit-dog-breed-cooking/
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