On 2012-06-30 02:49:37 +0000, jmcquown said:

> "gtr" > wrote in message news:2012062908442612622-xxx@yyyzzz...
>> Not to offend the political vegetarians (though I doubt the proviso
>> will take), but has any one eaten suckling pig? Perhaps at some
>> noteworthy soiree or other?
>>
>> I never have, though I saw a few while working as a musician at events
>> where we came in through the back door and were admonished
>> never-ever-ever to speak to the clientele. The piglet always seemed
>> pretty creepy layed out like that without any abstraction to cloak it
>> as an animal to be rent assunder by the savages. Kind of like a holiday
>> Turkey if you not only left the head, neck and feet on, but configured
>> them to look "entertaining" with a plum in the beak or something.
>>
> (snippage)
>
> I haven't personally eaten suckling pig. But I do remember when we
> lived in Bangkok my parents attended the Marine Corps Ball. They "won"
> the centerpiece, which was a whole roasted suckling pig. The
> "decoration" was battery operated electric light bulbs where the eyes
> should be. They came home from the ball (most assuredly drunk) and
> left the pig on the kitchen table. At the time, they employed a
> live-in cook and a maid; they had quarters with a kitchen & bath behind
> the house. When they came in the next morning one of the women saw the
> pig on the table and started screaming. LOL No one actually ate the
> pig. IIRC, my father cut it up and fed the meat to our dog.

Happy dog!