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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 329095" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Marg, I am so unobservant that I don't even have a copy of the Old Testament in the house.</p><p></p><p>If Esther reads this, I'm sure that given that she is more religious than I am she will be able to answer this for you.</p><p></p><p>In Eastern Europe, olive oil was very hard to come by and terribly expensive. Goose, Duck, Chicken, and mutton fat were used as common cooking fats.</p><p></p><p>It was a big thing to cook food in vegetable oils.</p><p></p><p>I'd guess it's like West Indian cultures that use Ghee (clarified butter) when cooking for special occasions.</p><p></p><p>It's also why so many Eastern European Jewish dishes that were not meat were braised, stewed or baked. No additional fat was needed.</p><p></p><p>In fact, in the Baltic countries, the goose was referred to as "the pig of the Jews".</p><p></p><p>by the way, the real reason pigs are not eaten is that unlike ruminants, they cannot be herded over long distances. Because the ancestors of the Jews were nomads, in addition to the herding problem, keeping swine required devoted resources normally used for human foods be used as animal feed.</p><p></p><p>Swine are actually a forest dwelling genus. They live on nuts,roots, larvae and fungi that they grub up when foresting. That's what that snout is for. It is technically called a "rooter"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 329095, member: 1963"] Marg, I am so unobservant that I don't even have a copy of the Old Testament in the house. If Esther reads this, I'm sure that given that she is more religious than I am she will be able to answer this for you. In Eastern Europe, olive oil was very hard to come by and terribly expensive. Goose, Duck, Chicken, and mutton fat were used as common cooking fats. It was a big thing to cook food in vegetable oils. I'd guess it's like West Indian cultures that use Ghee (clarified butter) when cooking for special occasions. It's also why so many Eastern European Jewish dishes that were not meat were braised, stewed or baked. No additional fat was needed. In fact, in the Baltic countries, the goose was referred to as "the pig of the Jews". by the way, the real reason pigs are not eaten is that unlike ruminants, they cannot be herded over long distances. Because the ancestors of the Jews were nomads, in addition to the herding problem, keeping swine required devoted resources normally used for human foods be used as animal feed. Swine are actually a forest dwelling genus. They live on nuts,roots, larvae and fungi that they grub up when foresting. That's what that snout is for. It is technically called a "rooter" [/QUOTE]
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