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jimit J
jimit Sep 9, 2008 09:59:57
Replying to UncleRob

......and another delicious snippet of information from the guide at Durrington Walls...... It seems that the pigs they sacrificed there at the Winter Solstice had very rotten teeth after only six months of life. Speculation is that they were fed a very sweet diet to fatten them up for the sport and feasting.


Honey roast ham anyone?

Jim.

L Littlestone
Littlestone Sep 9, 2008 10:04:45
Replying to jimit

It seems that the pigs they sacrificed there at the Winter Solstice had very rotten teeth after only six months of life. Speculation is that they were fed a very sweet diet to fatten them up for the sport and feasting.
Fascinating! And where is the best ham still to be found today ;-)

N nigelswift
nigelswift Sep 9, 2008 10:29:58
Replying to jimit

"Speculation is that they were fed a very sweet diet to fatten them up for the sport and feasting."

Fascinating.
Some research says farmers were less healthy and lived less long than hunters. http://www.beyondveg.com/nicholson-w/angel-1984/angel-1984-1a.shtml
I wonder if eating fat pigs rather than wild lean ones might be a factor?

So what did they feed the piggies on to get them like that?

N nigelswift
nigelswift Sep 9, 2008 10:29:59
Replying to jimit

"Speculation is that they were fed a very sweet diet to fatten them up for the sport and feasting."

Fascinating.
Some research says farmers were less healthy and lived less long than hunters. http://www.beyondveg.com/nicholson-w/angel-1984/angel-1984-1a.shtml
I wonder if eating fat pigs rather than wild lean ones might be a factor?

So what did they feed the piggies on to get them like that?

N nigelswift
nigelswift Sep 9, 2008 10:30:20
Replying to jimit

"Speculation is that they were fed a very sweet diet to fatten them up for the sport and feasting."

Fascinating.
Some research says farmers were less healthy and lived less long than hunters. http://www.beyondveg.com/nicholson-w/angel-1984/angel-1984-1a.shtml
I wonder if eating fat pigs rather than wild lean ones might be a factor?

So what did they feed the piggies on to get them like that?

N nigelswift
nigelswift Sep 9, 2008 10:30:20
Replying to jimit

"Speculation is that they were fed a very sweet diet to fatten them up for the sport and feasting."

Fascinating.
Some research says farmers were less healthy and lived less long than hunters. http://www.beyondveg.com/nicholson-w/angel-1984/angel-1984-1a.shtml
I wonder if eating fat pigs rather than wild lean ones might be a factor?

So what did they feed the piggies on to get them like that?

N nigelswift
nigelswift Sep 9, 2008 10:30:24
Replying to jimit

"Speculation is that they were fed a very sweet diet to fatten them up for the sport and feasting."

Fascinating.
Some research says farmers were less healthy and lived less long than hunters. http://www.beyondveg.com/nicholson-w/angel-1984/angel-1984-1a.shtml
I wonder if eating fat pigs rather than wild lean ones might be a factor?

So what did they feed the piggies on to get them like that?

N nigelswift
nigelswift Sep 9, 2008 10:30:25
Replying to jimit

"Speculation is that they were fed a very sweet diet to fatten them up for the sport and feasting."

Fascinating.
Some research says farmers were less healthy and lived less long than hunters. http://www.beyondveg.com/nicholson-w/angel-1984/angel-1984-1a.shtml
I wonder if eating fat pigs rather than wild lean ones might be a factor?

So what did they feed the piggies on to get them like that? My bet is sheeps milk and yoghurt and cheese.

N nigelswift
nigelswift Sep 9, 2008 10:30:26
Replying to jimit

"Speculation is that they were fed a very sweet diet to fatten them up for the sport and feasting."

Fascinating.
Some research says farmers were less healthy and lived less long than hunters. http://www.beyondveg.com/nicholson-w/angel-1984/angel-1984-1a.shtml
I wonder if eating fat pigs rather than wild lean ones might be a factor?

So what did they feed the piggies on to get them like that?

T tiompan
tiompan Sep 9, 2008 12:25:15
Replying to jimit

jimit wrote:
......and another delicious snippet of information from the guide at Durrington Walls...... It seems that the pigs they sacrificed there at the Winter Solstice had very rotten teeth after only six months of life. Speculation is that they were fed a very sweet diet to fatten them up for the sport and feasting.


Honey roast ham anyone?

Jim.

It seems odd that 4 ,or is it 5 years after the original tests which showed that the pigs at Durrington were farrowed in the spring of their subsequent winter demise , no mention was made of the relative rotteness when the info was derived from the teeth .
The palisade and number of houses (last year ) also seem to have an element of exaggeration . Maybe salt is is more appropriate than honey .