tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34791434.post116422382822203641..comments2023-12-23T22:42:26.880+00:00Comments on Setting the Desert on Fire: Wild pigsJames Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13269998587775755015noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34791434.post-1164240561157605702006-11-23T00:09:00.000+00:002006-11-23T00:09:00.000+00:00I think the Moors never ate pork of any kind. This...I think the Moors never ate pork of any kind. This is from the Cambridge World History of Food: "Spanish enthusiasm for pig meat stems in part from pork’s past importance as a symbol of cultural identity. Because Moors and Jews did not eat it, Christians saw the meat as more than simple nutrition. In sixteenth-century Spain, pork eating was an acid test faced by Spanish Moriscos and Marranos who publicly claimed conversion to Christianity. Conspicuous pork avoidance could result in an appearance before the tribunals of the Inquisition."El Despiolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09307482534640543908noreply@blogger.com