[Sca-cooks] Re: Chinese Roast Pig

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

On 3 Dec 2001, at 7:09, Gwynydd of Culloden wrote:

> That is probably the one about a Chinese man whose house burned down -
> with, of course, the pigs inside.  The man tasted the flesh of the pig
> and it was good and he spread the word to his neighbours who then
> burned down their houses with their pigs inside ...  Luckily, they hit
> upon a more efficient way of roasting pork at some time or we would
> still be burning down our houses for a nice bit of roast piggy.

Yes, indeed.  It's "A Dissertation Upon Roast PIg", a humorous
essay by Charles Lamb.  There's a copy of it here:
http://www.swine-enthusiast.com/lamb01.htm
Brighid ni Chiarain *** mka Robin Carroll-Mann
Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
rcmann4 at earthlink.net