SC - Running an Inn
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upsxdls_osu at ionet.net
Wed Apr 4 08:04:30 PDT 2001
Funny, I don't remember anyone serving guinea pigs at a meal...regular pigs,
yes...when they could afford such a luxury...bats, chickens, lots of fish.
Maybe I lived in a different part of the country...I lived in Madang on the
northern coast of PNG.
Kiri
Robyn Gessner wrote:
> Reminds me of a kind of funny story...
> I have a friend who went to New Guinea on vacation, and she was invited to
> dine with a local family. Well, she walked into the place, and immediately
> started cooing over the guinea pigs huddled in the far corner of the main
> room. The lady of the house politely, but firmly asked her NOT to make
> friends with the guinea pigs, as they would be part of the evenings repast,
> and were not pets.
> Needless to say, my friend was hard-pressed to clean her plate that evening!
>
> Reyne (who, after hearing guinea pigs squeal over anything and everything,
> couldn't imagine having a herd of them living in the kitchen!)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <LrdRas at aol.com>
> To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 9:44 PM
> Subject: Re: SC - Aw, the Joys of the Florilegium -OT
>
> > I recieved an almost verbatim letter from an irate 12 year old on a
> mundane
> > cooking list after i asked for guinea pig recipes. To this day I find it
> > amusing that the poor child was never taught to enjoy the cuisines of the
> > world....<sigh>
> >
> > Ras
> >
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