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Greek Pig Slaughtering, Shoes, and Chicharrón

By Rachel Laudan March 14, 2009 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food History, Mexican Food, Modern Food 1 Comment

I really don’t have pig slaughtering on the brain, though it seems to keep coming up on this blog.  Here’s an interesting description of pig slaughtering on one of the…

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Slaughtering Pigs in Romania (and Mexico)

By Rachel Laudan December 26, 2007 Food Politics, Modern Food 7 Comments

By now it’s past but Romania and the European Union were at loggerheads over the Christmas pig. EU rules call for any pig slaughtered on the farm to be stunned…

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