SC - sc: piggie raison d'etre

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/14/98 11:15:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, acrouss at gte.net
writes:

<< Also, I would suggest that perhaps our friend the pygge was raised for
 lard, sure, but also for meat and the other interesting bits. Just as  a
 cow is not raised for its hide, it certainly is a significant part of its
 reason for being, along with meat, milk, gelatin from hooves, rennet from
 calves stomachs, etc. A chicken maybe raised for eggs, but also for meat. A
 sheep for mutton, but also for wool and parchment..
 
 make sense? >>


No. I said, or meant to say that the porduction of lard was a major part of
pig raising. I did not mena to imply that pigs were raised with only lard in
mind. A study of pig husbandry pre-20th century clearly indicates that lard
was one of the  factors taken into considerattion when raising pigs. A MAJOR
copnsideration. To emphasize a particular aspect of a subject is not the same
as saying that other factors were not considered.

I am at a loss as to how anyone would read that meat was unimportant in pig
raising. I have only tried to point out that lard tokk the place of the myriad
vegetable oils and shortenings that we commonly use today. This is an
indesputable fact and not mere conjecture. To get lard you must raise fat
pigs. That is also a fact. :-)

Ras
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