Comments on: Slaughtering Pigs in Romania (and Mexico) http://www.rachellaudan.com/2007/12/slaughtering-pigs-in-romania-and-mexico.html A Historian's Take on Food and Food Politics Wed, 7 Jan 2009 04:42:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Rachel Laudan http://www.rachellaudan.com/2007/12/slaughtering-pigs-in-romania-and-mexico.html/comment-page-1#comment-3145 Rachel Laudan Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:59:12 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2007/12/slaughtering-pigs-in-romania-and-mexico.html#comment-3145 Thanks so much for the new link. I'm in rather a rush right now but this evening or tomorrow I will post it. And juxtapose it with other posts about slaughtering. Thanks so much for the new link. I’m in rather a rush right now but this evening or tomorrow I will post it. And juxtapose it with other posts about slaughtering.

]]> By: Mig http://www.rachellaudan.com/2007/12/slaughtering-pigs-in-romania-and-mexico.html/comment-page-1#comment-3137 Mig Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:04:45 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2007/12/slaughtering-pigs-in-romania-and-mexico.html#comment-3137 Rachel, thank you for the honorable mention on your blog. I had to close the blogger blog you link at and I moved the entry at Rounite (signature link). I updated it with even more pictures. I am not sure if you are informed, but apparently the EU keeps allowing Romania to slaughter pigs in the traditional way. I am not pro, obviously, but many Romanians (particularly peasants who practice this tradition for generations) are happy. There's something about the fresh blood needed for home made sausages like "sangerete" that makes them advocate this tradition. There's of course the meat, which loses its tender consistency if the animal is not sacrificed in the traditional manner (not that I really believe this) - and there are a few other explanations. Rachel, thank you for the honorable mention on your blog. I had to close the blogger blog you link at and I moved the entry at Rounite (signature link). I updated it with even more pictures.

I am not sure if you are informed, but apparently the EU keeps allowing Romania to slaughter pigs in the traditional way. I am not pro, obviously, but many Romanians (particularly peasants who practice this tradition for generations) are happy. There’s something about the fresh blood needed for home made sausages like “sangerete” that makes them advocate this tradition. There’s of course the meat, which loses its tender consistency if the animal is not sacrificed in the traditional manner (not that I really believe this) - and there are a few other explanations.

]]> By: Adam Balic http://www.rachellaudan.com/2007/12/slaughtering-pigs-in-romania-and-mexico.html/comment-page-1#comment-208 Adam Balic Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:01:29 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2007/12/slaughtering-pigs-in-romania-and-mexico.html#comment-208 I will look forward to it as I think that it is an interesting a complicated topic. I will look forward to it as I think that it is an interesting a complicated topic.

]]> By: Rachel Laudan http://www.rachellaudan.com/2007/12/slaughtering-pigs-in-romania-and-mexico.html/comment-page-1#comment-206 Rachel Laudan Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:15:04 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2007/12/slaughtering-pigs-in-romania-and-mexico.html#comment-206 Adam, in the next week or so I want to collect together your comments on blood and chocolate and explore that issue a bit further. Adam, in the next week or so I want to collect together your comments on blood and chocolate and explore that issue a bit further.

]]> By: Adam Balic http://www.rachellaudan.com/2007/12/slaughtering-pigs-in-romania-and-mexico.html/comment-page-1#comment-202 Adam Balic Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:19:22 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2007/12/slaughtering-pigs-in-romania-and-mexico.html#comment-202 There are very strict hygiene EU regulations involved and also the factors that you mention above, so it is more a "death by a thousand cuts", rather then an outright ban, as far as I can determine. I doubt that it will alter how people with backyard pigs process them, but this is no longer common. There are very strict hygiene EU regulations involved and also the factors that you mention above, so it is more a “death by a thousand cuts”, rather then an outright ban, as far as I can determine. I doubt that it will alter how people with backyard pigs process them, but this is no longer common.

]]> By: Rachel Laudan http://www.rachellaudan.com/2007/12/slaughtering-pigs-in-romania-and-mexico.html/comment-page-1#comment-196 Rachel Laudan Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:08:26 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2007/12/slaughtering-pigs-in-romania-and-mexico.html#comment-196 I agree. I have no particular line I want to push about this. It is clear that in many places around the world there is a strong belief that one is entitled to kill one's own animals for one's own consumption. Is the ban on blood in Italy a rule of the European Union? Is it just a ban on blood from home-slaughtered animals? In Hawaii it was illegal to sell blood in the markets but it was in such high demand that vendors kept plastic bottles of blood out of sight for customers in the know. I agree. I have no particular line I want to push about this. It is clear that in many places around the world there is a strong belief that one is entitled to kill one’s own animals for one’s own consumption.

Is the ban on blood in Italy a rule of the European Union? Is it just a ban on blood from home-slaughtered animals?

In Hawaii it was illegal to sell blood in the markets but it was in such high demand that vendors kept plastic bottles of blood out of sight for customers in the know.

]]> By: Adam Balic http://www.rachellaudan.com/2007/12/slaughtering-pigs-in-romania-and-mexico.html/comment-page-1#comment-190 Adam Balic Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:34:49 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/2007/12/slaughtering-pigs-in-romania-and-mexico.html#comment-190 Commercial slaughterhouse v backyard killing is a difficult issue and I don't believe that there is single or simple answer. It is now no longer possible legally to use flesh blood in Italy. For some products this doesn't matter so much, but others are now gone. One pig killing festive treat from parts of Tuscany was "migliaccio" which is sort of a sweet blood pancake flavoured with sugar, spices and candied orange peel (or in some cases made with special biscuits from Siena). Post-blood ban versions are now made with Chocolate replacing the blood (a familiar pattern). Commercial slaughterhouse v backyard killing is a difficult issue and I don’t believe that there is single or simple answer.

It is now no longer possible legally to use flesh blood in Italy. For some products this doesn’t matter so much, but others are now gone.

One pig killing festive treat from parts of Tuscany was “migliaccio” which is sort of a sweet blood pancake flavoured with sugar, spices and candied orange peel (or in some cases made with special biscuits from Siena). Post-blood ban versions are now made with Chocolate replacing the blood (a familiar pattern).

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