Great! The mystery solved. Stan always asked that question in China: What do they DO with the actual MEAT? Why do we just get pieces of small body parts?
Terry Prachett once said something like, "You know if a cuisine focuses on gross parts of a pig, it's because someone stronger took the good parts." The snouts, ears, etc might be a legacy of times when men with big horses and swords took all the tasty bits...
Great! The mystery solved.
ReplyDeleteStan always asked that question in China: What do they DO with the actual MEAT? Why do we just get pieces of small body parts?
Now you know!
DeleteYikes.
ReplyDeleteTerry Prachett once said something like, "You know if a cuisine focuses on gross parts of a pig, it's because someone stronger took the good parts." The snouts, ears, etc might be a legacy of times when men with big horses and swords took all the tasty bits...
ReplyDeleteI'm french and used to live in Lyon, and I agree ahah
ReplyDeleteBut you're right: this is not the same everywhere in France ;)
Yeah I used to live in Lyon as well. You know who LOVED the pig's feet? My Chinese friend!
DeleteTaiwanese too -, this definitely sounds like my kind of menu! :D
Deletethey sell it to Germany
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile I try not to eat any part of a pig c I'm Jewish.
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