[Sca-cooks] Re: Chinese Roast Pig

[Tara Sersen Boroson]

> 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.


Ok, dumb question.  If they weren't cooking and eating the piggies
before that, why were they bothering to keep and feed them (thus to have
them conveniently in the house when it burned?)

-Magdalena