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To: big ern
If we had the right place for it, I'd give it a try too. I always loved pork, but I rarely buy it now. The meat in the markets is so lean that it cooks up tough, and the flavor is definitely lacking. When I make the occasional pork roast, I add fat to it. Otherwise, there aren't enough pan drippings for gravy.

We have just over an acre of land, access to a stream, and woodlands behind us. Pigs would probably just love it. Unfortunately, we're in a suburban area with regulations against keeping livestock. I kicked around the idea of having some chickens once and my husband vetoed it immediately on those grounds. Oh well. I guess I have enough projects already!

Perhaps I could find a local source of pork raised in these superior conditions.

5 posted on 04/12/2004 8:41:07 PM PDT by Think free or die
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To: Think free or die
If I had as much as an acre, I'd definitely have some chickens. Even on my city lot, land use regs in Eugene (perhaps a bit outdated in contrast to some of the nonsense contained therein) would allow a handful of them, but to me the place is just too small. One of the neighbors with a comparable sized place did raise a pig not long ago, and someone else had peacocks (not sure who - never saw 'em but darn sure heard 'em).
7 posted on 04/12/2004 10:14:35 PM PDT by Clinging Bitterly (Going partly violent to the thing since Nov. 25, 2000.)
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