[Sca-cooks] Food and squeamishness

[Susan Fox-Davis]

>>  I was wondering, has anyone ever served food at a feast such as a whole
>> pig's or ox's head, or a whole piglet, or, basically, anything that can
>> stare right back at you while you munch on it?
>
I'm going to ask the white-girl-city-kid question:  how exactly do you 
eat a pig's or ox's head, when it is presented whole like that?  Which 
parts are edible, or at least tastier than others?  Which are nasty or 
too cartiliginous to bother with?  I take it that the eyes are no good, 
since they usually seem to get taken out and replaced with fruit. 
 Brains?  Ears?  My dog likes dried pig ears, they are sold by the dozen 
in pet supply stores as chewies.  Maybe she is on to something that we 
should know about?

Selene Colfox
selene at earthlink.net