Comments on: The Cruel Xmas Tradition of Pig Slaughtering

By: tamara

tamara — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:10:05 +0000

i am enjoying your website. My family is living in Braila, Romania. Do you have any recommendations of places we must see in this region? Keep posting. I am enjoying learning about your traditions. It is much easier for me to understand in English than through a translator. Yes, I want to know about the true Romanian. Thank you.

By: Sueblimely

Sueblimely — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:26:23 +0000

Much meat will be eaten over Christmas the world over. Cows, pigs and turkeys will be killed, evil and innocent (I wonder if an evil pig tastes different?). In Australia as well as turkey, beef, ham and pork seafood will also be on the menu for many. Sueblimely’s last blog post..Blogging Christmas Challenge

By: Adrian

Adrian — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:08:30 +0000

Hi, Mig
I found today your site, btw a great one, and I’m happy to find someone proud to be .ro
We publish a similar blog,
surprising-romania@blogspot.com
I’ve inserted a link to your site, please do the same with ours if you find it interesting (unde-s multi, puterea creste…)
Greetings, Adrian

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By: Mihaela Lica

Mihaela Lica — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:10:23 +0000

And they will follow, Kathy!

By: kaybee

kaybee — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:50:22 +0000

I've watched the pig being fattened for the slaughter in Romania, and then have enjoyed the wonderful Christmas meal -- but thank goodness I never got to see the actual slaughter; would have changed everything, I'm sure! Great post, Mihaela! But looking forward to some postings on more cheerful Romanian Christmas traditions! kaybee’s last blog post..God is Jealous

By: Phil Butler

Phil Butler — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:40:05 +0000

You guys are so cute! You may not believe this, but I have known some evil little pigs in my time. Some of them deserved the firing squad for sure.

Porky (regardless of his or her temperament) is one of my favorite meats. Nothing like a ham (or Turkey) sandwich. Actually the images of the Romanians snuffing out the piggies look human compared to the way South Georgia rednecks do it.

Poor little pigs, I am like you guys and cannot eat the stuff if I think about it to much. (I wonder if there is any Turkey left) surely their demise was not as graphic is these images!

Phil

By: Mihaela Lica

Mihaela Lica — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:31:18 +0000

I have difficulties eating eggs as well, after watching one of PETA’s documentaries on how chickens are bred in Germany… but I still do… only summer finds me as a committed veggie. Winters I need my proteins.

About meat… I love pork! And turkey (since Phil is cooking)

By: Deborah

Deborah — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:23:00 +0000

As long as the pigs are slaughtered in a humane manner, I don’t see how this should be considered a cruel act. It would seem the meat would all be eaten, so it’s not as though the animal is solely used for a ritual, it’s not going to waste.

Pigs are a common source of meat for most parts of the Western world, and they’re not an endangered creature.

That being said, I don’t think that I would be able to eat the meat after watching it being slaughtered. I have a difficult time as it is being able to eat meat unless it’s disguised to a degree so that it doesn’t appear as a slab of their flesh sitting on my dinner plate

Deborah’s last blog post..35 Ghosts of Nature – Albino Animals of the Wild

By: Mihaela Lica

Mihaela Lica — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:59:46 +0000

Thank you for this heads up, Phil… I’d hate to see people coming here and hammering Romanians for their cruelty towards porkies you know. The tradition is not exclusive to Romania, btw – countries in the Eastern European block have it as well and as far as I know it is pretty common in Mexico (and other Latino countries) as well.