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Post by bjd on Aug 5, 2021 12:10:18 GMT
Those are not "piggies", Tod. Those are boars. Better not to make things easier for them by providing them with water. There are loads of boars all over the place -- hunting season around Toulouse was extended so that they would be killed because 1) they destroy crops and fields, 2) they can be dangerous.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 5, 2021 12:56:53 GMT
There’s an Italian dish with boar that is delicious. Can’t remember what it’s called though.
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Post by fumobici on Aug 5, 2021 15:16:56 GMT
There’s an Italian dish with boar that is delicious. Can’t remember what it’s called though. There are many, many. The classic is perhaps ragù di cinghiale over tagliatelle. Wonderful.
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 5, 2021 15:44:46 GMT
That’s it! My local Italian has dropped it from the special menu which is a shame. I loved it.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 5, 2021 16:59:28 GMT
I have eaten roast boar at a (hunter) cousin's place (now deceased), but the most common culinary appearance of boar in France is boar pâté which pretty much tastes like any other kind of pâté. Available in most supermarkets.
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Post by whatagain on Aug 5, 2021 19:41:54 GMT
Don't you touch our boars.
Anyway they have left for the moment
I think we are too noisy.
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Post by lugg on Aug 5, 2021 20:32:39 GMT
They are strong swimmers. The old fishermen often had a tattoo of a pig as good luck if you fell overboard. I never knew that Don't you touch our boars. I think you are all very fond of them. |
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Post by tod2 on Aug 6, 2021 9:27:48 GMT
Whatagain or bjd, Is there a big difference between Boars and Wild pig? On the farms around our area people hunt Wild Pigs in the forested plantations of wattle and blue gum trees. Then we also have the very skittish wild pigs called Warthogs that feed kneeling on their front legs and backsides in the air. In the Kruger camps they come and go freely and seemed to be tame but run away if you try to pet them.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 6, 2021 9:40:21 GMT
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Post by tod2 on Aug 6, 2021 9:56:02 GMT
Yes, I've seen tourists walk towards them and tsk tsk tsk them like a pet.
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Post by whatagain on Aug 6, 2021 10:33:35 GMT
Whatagain or bjd, Is there a big difference between Boars and Wild pig? On the farms around our area people hunt Wild Pigs in the forested plantations of wattle and blue gum trees. Then we also have the very skittish wild pigs called Warthogs that feed kneeling on their front legs and backsides in the air. In the Kruger camps they come and go freely and seemed to be tame but run away if you try to pet them. I have absolutely no idea Tod. I have only seen 'our' boars and farm pigs from that close. Still no news from them, not even a postcard saying they are well 😢😭😭😭 |
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Post by bjd on Aug 6, 2021 11:52:53 GMT
I just looked that up, Tod: "What is the difference between Pig and Boar?
• Pig includes ten species but boar is only one with many subspecies.
• Pigs could be either wild or domesticated, whereas boar is mostly wild.
• Wild boar is dark in colourations, whereas the domesticated pig comes in many different colours according to the breed
• The domestic pig is larger compared to the wild boar. Additionally, wild boar has a large head and a small body, but the domestic pig has a big head as well as massive body.
• Domestic pigs are docked, and the canines are removed to prevent the aggressiveness, but no such thing could be done on wild boars.
• Wild boar has a thicker cover of fur compared to the domesticated pigs."
Perhaps wild pigs are those that have become feral?
I saw a tame warthog hanging around a tourist shop in Maasai Mara, Kenya. They don't look like boars.
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Post by tod2 on Aug 6, 2021 13:47:21 GMT
They are the same tame warthogs bjd described hanging around the tourist shop. bjd - Thanks for that info. I actually wanted the differences between Wild Pigs we get in our forests and Wild Boar. Also, Warthogs. Hog meaning pigs in America, I guess Warthogs are just wild pigs but very ugly! |
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 6, 2021 16:06:47 GMT
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