Oh pshaw, on Sun 05 Nov 2006 04:20:41p, Tara meant to say...

> On 5 Nov 2006 22:40:29 +0200, Wayne Boatwright
> <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Oh pshaw, on Sun 05 Nov 2006 12:33:54p, Tara meant to say...
>>
>>> On 5 Nov 2006 20:30:29 +0200, Wayne Boatwright
>>> <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Do you always read such violent books?
>>>
>>> Always! In _Little House in the Big Woods_, Pa slaughtered a pig.
>>>
>>> Tara
>>>
>>
>>I can just hear the squeals!
>
> Laura doesn't. She covers her ears until the pig is finished
> squealing. That chapter is actually very interesting. You learn about
> pig slaughtering, ham smoking, sausage, headcheese, soap, lard,
> cracklings. Laura and Mary roast the pig's tail and play with the
> inflated pig bladder.
>
> Tara
>

I think the books would be very interesting, although I've not read them.
I did learn most of those same things when I was growing up, as my
grandfather would slaughter one pig each year.

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Wayne Boatwright
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