Comments on: Piggy Goes to War http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/ Playing with our food since 2005 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:49:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Mrs D http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/comment-page-1/#comment-2741 Mrs D Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:50:08 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/#comment-2741 "Funnest" is a fine compliment! Thanks, kudzu! “Funnest” is a fine compliment! Thanks, kudzu!

]]> By: kudzu http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/comment-page-1/#comment-2726 kudzu Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:59:54 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/#comment-2726 My God, this has to the ultimate indepence story. Even if I am so late in commenting (blame it on househunting, and subsequent arcane house-buying activities) I had to respond. It's the damndest, cleverest, and as my grandson would say, "funnest" thing I have seen or read for a long time. A Scotch egg, indeed: you et a legend! My God, this has to the ultimate indepence story. Even if I am so late in commenting (blame it on househunting, and subsequent arcane house-buying activities) I had to respond. It’s the damndest, cleverest, and as my grandson would say, “funnest” thing I have seen or read for a long time. A Scotch egg, indeed: you et a legend!

]]> By: Mrs D http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/comment-page-1/#comment-2663 Mrs D Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:41:02 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/#comment-2663 Piggy would thank you all but he was too tasty to last past that field trip. Poor piggy. (And yes, it was awfully hard to cut into him after all that transporting around to historical sites. I was pathetic, really. I talked to him like a kid to a teddy bear.) Amy, your scotch egg tale is terrifying. Too too much lard, I think. I'm glad the little jaunt into local history was entertaining! It's frightening to admit, but we've got something like six or seven books on the Pig War here and I delved into at least three of them for research. Now all we need is for someone to make a great movie about it. <i>La la la!</i> Piggy would thank you all but he was too tasty to last past that field trip. Poor piggy. (And yes, it was awfully hard to cut into him after all that transporting around to historical sites. I was pathetic, really. I talked to him like a kid to a teddy bear.)

Amy, your scotch egg tale is terrifying. Too too much lard, I think.

I’m glad the little jaunt into local history was entertaining! It’s frightening to admit, but we’ve got something like six or seven books on the Pig War here and I delved into at least three of them for research. Now all we need is for someone to make a great movie about it. La la la!

]]> By: Tricia http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/comment-page-1/#comment-2651 Tricia Sun, 16 Jul 2006 01:08:09 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/#comment-2651 <blockquote>What, they named a fence after him, too?</blockquote> It took me three passes, but i finally got it! Ha ha. I used to work with a friend who was a descendant of General Pettigrew, who he claims should have gotten more credit for Pickett's Charge. Never made any claims on the fence, though. :^)

What, they named a fence after him, too?

It took me three passes, but i finally got it! Ha ha. I used to work with a friend who was a descendant of General Pettigrew, who he claims should have gotten more credit for Pickett’s Charge. Never made any claims on the fence, though. :^)

]]> By: Marilyn http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/comment-page-1/#comment-2649 Marilyn Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:55:58 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/#comment-2649 I dig the pig! Great post--I love his tail. I dig the pig! Great post–I love his tail.

]]> By: Cookiecrumb http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/comment-page-1/#comment-2645 Cookiecrumb Sat, 15 Jul 2006 16:58:29 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/#comment-2645 I don't know how you could cut that poor little dude open! (I love how you transported him around in a hat. Lucky pig.) I don’t know how you could cut that poor little dude open!
(I love how you transported him around in a hat. Lucky pig.)

]]> By: kalyn http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/comment-page-1/#comment-2635 kalyn Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:23:49 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/#comment-2635 You are just too clever. How do you think of this stuff? You are just too clever. How do you think of this stuff?

]]> By: jenjen http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/comment-page-1/#comment-2567 jenjen Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:20:31 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/#comment-2567 This is by far one of the most interesting posts I have read all week, now if only all my history lessons back in the day were as engrossing as this. It helps when animals and food are involved. This is by far one of the most interesting posts I have read all week, now if only all my history lessons back in the day were as engrossing as this. It helps when animals and food are involved.

]]> By: Amy http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/comment-page-1/#comment-2562 Amy Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:01:48 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/#comment-2562 Wow. That sure is different (in a very good way, I hasten to add) from the scotch egg I came across in a pub during my first visit to London in 1978. I had read a description of scotch eggs in a guide to pub fare, which I remembered as "hard boiled eggs and lard, deep fried." "I don't think you should order that," I told my more adventurous friend. "How bad can it be?" she replied, and ordered. The crusty, blackened *thing*, squating in a pool of gelid grease, showed how just how bad it could be. No one got a chance to eat any of it, because when she tried to stick it with her fork in order to cut off a piece, the fork bounced off the crust and the egg went skittering off the plate and onto the floor. Piggy looks like he'd actually taste good. I salute you! Wow. That sure is different (in a very good way, I hasten to add) from the scotch egg I came across in a pub during my first visit to London in 1978. I had read a description of scotch eggs in a guide to pub fare, which I remembered as “hard boiled eggs and lard, deep fried.”

“I don’t think you should order that,” I told my more adventurous friend.

“How bad can it be?” she replied, and ordered.

The crusty, blackened *thing*, squating in a pool of gelid grease, showed how just how bad it could be. No one got a chance to eat any of it, because when she tried to stick it with her fork in order to cut off a piece, the fork bounced off the crust and the egg went skittering off the plate and onto the floor.

Piggy looks like he’d actually taste good. I salute you!

]]> By: kevin http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/comment-page-1/#comment-2561 kevin Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:39:22 +0000 http://www.belly-timber.com/2006/07/12/piggy-goes-to-war/#comment-2561 Does the piggy have a kilt? No. The piggy was kilt. Poor pretty piggy. Does the piggy have a kilt? No. The piggy was kilt. Poor pretty piggy.

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