SC - FW: Husband and Wife Teams

[Decker, Margaret]

well, if we had one, we would feed it leftovers, mast[fallen acorns and fruits] feed
beets and overproduced veggies[gee, something to do with all the verdammpt
zucchinis!] and make modern pig feed a smaller part of the diet. It would also get to
roam around in about 1 acre of woodlot[well, where did you think the mast was going
to come from?]
margali

Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Meadhb said:
> *well, the 18th century variety must be better than the 'slim jims' we got now!
> *grin... I just think it would be interesting to compare the flavor of the meat
> *between the pigs now and the older varieties.
>
> Wouldn't the taste of the pig depend more on how it was raised and what it was
> fed than just the type of pig? I thought people earlier were saying this in
> regard to wild game vs. tame game or free-range chickens vs. factory raised?
>
> Medieval pigs fed on whatever was available, slop, garbage, acorns, perhaps
> agricultural refuse etc. They also appear to have ranged free or be herded
> by swineherds.
>
> Do these old-style pigs get raised this way or on grain for fast growth and sale?
>
> Thanks.
>   Stefan li Rous
>   stefan at texas.net
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