[Sca-cooks] fat or skinny period pigs

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

A well-fed pig today is going to be fatter than an underfed one as well;  
the comparison is for the average, not extremes of class. The sort of 
statements  I posted are based on things like actual bones which have been found 
and  medieval images of pigs. I'm certainly not the expert here, but those who 
are  make the kind of statements I quoted.
 
Jim  Chevallier

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In a message dated 3/3/2016 7:25:30 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
StefanliRous at gmail.com writes:

is  contention was that they were fat, and part of this support, was that 
the  lords could afford to fatten up his pigs or to command the best areas 
for  browsing them on acorns and  such.