Awww…is this cute or what? I mean the one below.
Well, as you may or may not know, mama is nuts for pigs. She even thought about having one of those little Vietnamese piggies, but two anthros live here, if you get my drift. Plus a KITTY!! Oh, yeah, sure, sure, it would have been a playmate for me, but take a look at THIS and see what you think about pig possession.
Mya’s mama knew someone in New Orleans who had a little pig, just like Mary and the lamb, right, haha, but oh, boy. That piggy, Dexter (what a great name, no?), turned out to be one big porker! Still, they walked him in the streets and everyone loved him. I’ll have to ask what happened to old Dexter–it was a good story, I remember.
BUT…now I observe that mama is having a bit of a problem morally about eating these intelligent animals. On the other hand, someone told her once that if a pig is hungry and you’re the only thing around to munch on, it will be YOU turning into sausage. Remember when Dorothy fell into the pig pen in The Wizard of Oz? But is that really true or just some silly anthro trying to get on the internet with sensational info. You just don’t know what to believe lately…
Mama need enlightenment. Not eating meat is a big jump and there are all kinds of reasons TO eat meat for protein and NOT to eat meat for kind reasons. We don’t eat a lot of pork around here (even though I thought I saw mama put a little filet roast into the freezer last week…) but hey, what to do. Sausage and polenta? Chorizo from Spain? Chinese dishes? Back ribs…oh, wow, and they have ‘baby’ in front of them….no, no, no. See above!
Still…if you’re taking your nap on your favourite piggy, it’s a moot question, no? Maybe eat more fish. Hard to take naps on a fish.
Ideas are welcome, always. Meanwhile a good article from Eat This Podcast.
And remember:
That is one adorable piggy, but our mommy says you don’t want one. Many, many years ago, the people across the street had three of the pot belly pigs. The entire neighborhood stunk. The city was not zoned for them, and after trips to city council the neighbors finally got them removed to the country. Thanks for hopping with us Loulou. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo and Cooper Murphy
Well, I’m glad those piggies moved to the country instead of to a sausage farm….
We think pigs are cute too and they make such great pets from what we hear!
Just be sure it is NOT Dexter or the one in the blog! They do grow.
I have that problem Loulou – I do eat much less red meat and even less pork although I do love bacon but I have never been able to completely stop – so I do understand the quandry. Happy Monday Loulou – I am so happy to see you
We, too, eat less meat but when you say ‘bacon’ I do salivate a little…mama, not so much, but papa will keep me company, haha.
Awwwwww – you’re BOTH just TOOOO cute!!!! Maman every once in a while threatens to get me a chihuaua to play and snuggle with but papà poopoos that idea toute de suite!! So, I guess you and I, Loulou, were meant to be les petites princesses in our homes. But maybe a petit prince would be nice? A tiny piggie would be great – but they can get BIG. Yes, like Dexter. And maman lost touch after they moved, and then she moved, et voila. But he was the chouchou of the neighborhood!!!
About that nasty pigs-will-eat-you theory. I’ll bet that was put out by the pork-growers or whatever association. You know, maybe “alternative facts”. At least I want to think so. But hey – I can’t vouch for me either if I got REAL hungry and no croquettes around……….
Oh, Mya, you do not even go there, okay. You do NOT want to even THINK about your mama and papa in béchamel sauce, you bad doggy…
We are looking forward to Dr. Seuss day. There is a pig named Bacon that has a funny blog.
I am going to visit him right now! Thank you.
The mom says she wishes she could stop eating meat too, but she likes it too much! What’s one to do???
I wish I had the answers. too. I is definitely a luxury to give up meats. So many have never even tasted meat or milk or eggs and are starving daily.
Oh, my goodness, Loulou – don’t get Grandma started – when I was a young girl, my dad had a used car place in Sydney – and because of all the contacts he had made in the outback of NSW during WWII when he had been assigned there to design and build a shale oil mine, Dad decided to sell almost new cars t the “Cockies”, this is what we called the ranchers and farmers back then.
So Dad would drive a new car up, sell it to one of the Cockies, and take orders from others – his drivers would then drive their old cars back to Sydney where Dad would the sell them.
So on the way back one time, a driver came across a wild sow that had obviously been hit and killed by a truck driver or something big, he stopped to move the carcass off the road and found a brand new piglet trying to suckle at his mother’s breast – so he gathered it up and brought it home. It became my pet and lived in my doll house that Dad had built for me I the back yard.
Your so right – that pig was so intelligent and would obey commands far better than our dog at the time who was a pretty dumb cocker spaniel – I remember when we were building our house and had an Italian carpenter who started speaking to the dog in Italian, and the dumb thing kept walking backwards, away from the chap, until it fell off the back deck!
Anyway, our also became so huge and loved to charge at neighbour hood kids and dogs – of course he would always stop short – but the kids and dogs did not know this and would run home screaming and balling – so we had to sell him. I must say that I stopped eating pork for at least two or three months .. but my Mum would bake a fresh rack of pork and she knew how to make the skin so beautifully crisp and crackling – I remember her scouring it with a super sharp nice squeezing fresh lemon juice and some salt into before putting it on to bake slowly –
Think I’ll have to send Grandpa Barrie shopping. yum yum
Oh, how incredibly sweet of that guy to take the little piggy to you. And I have no judgements on people who do or don’t eat meat. Everyone lives his life according to whatever works for him/her. And I have to say, you story at the end made me drool….but what do I know. I’m a kitty.
Oh, when we saw the title we thought you were going to say you have a Piggly Wiggly grocery store near you. We have one here in town. It used to be about a block away but they’ve moved a couple of times in the last 19 years. They’re popular here in the South.
Oh, how well mama knows Piggly Wiggly. They are/were all over Texas, too. Love the name!!!
Oh my goodness ! “I was told the pig would not grow any bigger than a very large cat.” Yeh. A sabertooth tiger. Wow !
And yes, pigs will eat you, if they are hungry. Aftr many battles of the Civil War, hogs feasted on the bodies…sometimes rooting them up after shallow burials. A guide at a local historical farm said “many a farmer lost his life when he slipped in an icy hog pen.” So – your Mama will have to continue to think more deep thoughts. Much as I love animals, I would have a hard time going meatless. (And why are fish – and sometimes chickens – not considered “meat”? They certainly aren’t plants !
Thanks for sharing the news of Dr Seuss Day! And by the way, we love the photos you’ve posted today, absolutely adorable.
Well, you are welcome and thank YOU for nudging my memory of when the Day is. I don’t have a hat!!! Will have to find something that will work…
We think you look adorable LouLou. Da truth is, pigs will eat anything, and yes humans could be on da menu. It’s not sensationalism just da facts. Dat’s why their food is called slop. I’ts anythin’ and everythin’. Mommy raised a little piggy from birth when it’s mommy couldn’t. His name was Cameron. He was adorable. Fankfully, she was only to raise him and not keep him. MOL She thinks it’s ‘spensive to feed us…MOL As fur da eatin’ of meat, mommy luvs her meat, and we can’t live without it. So we’ll keep on eatin’ da stuffs, and mommy will when she can. None of us here eat fish. Enjoy and have a pawsumly blest day. Big hugs fur all.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
Well, as mama said, you don’t want to take a nap with a shark, haha. You eat whatever you can get and whatever you like. Everyone chooses his/her own path. Mama LOVES fish so I get a bit of that and there is lots around here that is very inexpensive so we make soups and things. Thanks for your view, always welcome.