[Sca-cooks] back to food was PETA
UlfR
ulfr at hunter-gatherer.org
Fri Jan 16 06:59:37 PST 2004
[Quick note since I suspect that general anti-PETA stuff is off topic
here.]
Sue Clemenger <mooncat at in-tch.com> [2004.01.16] wrote:
> lists were pointing out that many breeds of sheep *have* to be sheared,
> as they don't shed naturally. (I do not know if that's a result of
> breeding, though.)
First principles; if there was a wild sheep that would not survive
unsheared, what would shear it? Also, IIRC, even today some primitive
breeds will shed.
> --maire, trying and failing to come up with OFC (to early, not enough
Taste effects of breeding (would the ancient proto-sheep have tasted
like goat, what was the fat content of proto-sheep and medieval ones,
compared to todays breeds?), and of getting meat in contact with the
wool during butchering.
UlfR
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