Austrian tourist brochure advises Arabs not to haggle or eat on the floor

[Valmy]

Americans generally will not eat horse, for example, even though horse is tasty.

Yeah but we eat only four land-dwelling animals: Chickens, Cattle, Turkeys, and pigs.  And nothing else.  No idea why.  We shoot all these deer but that rarely shows up anywhere.

[Valmy]

Non-Muslims in India eat Pork just fine.

You sure?  I've never seen a pork dish on the menu at an Indian restaurant.

That a fact?  Strange I love Pork Vindaloo.  But it seems in the Hindu mainstream pork is something only for the lower castes and untouchables.

[Malthus]

Non-Muslims in India eat Pork just fine.

You sure?  I've never seen a pork dish on the menu at an Indian restaurant.

That a fact?  Strange I love Pork Vindaloo.  But it seems in the Hindu mainstream pork is something only for the lower castes and untouchables.

Pork-eating is common in Goan cooking, because of all those pork-eating portuguese.

Otherwise, pig meat is fit for lower-caste people or religious minorities, because it is culturally sorta filthy.

[Malthus]

Americans generally will not eat horse, for example, even though horse is tasty.

Yeah but we eat only four land-dwelling animals: Chickens, Cattle, Turkeys, and pigs.  And nothing else.  No idea why.  We shoot all these deer but that rarely shows up anywhere.

Well, it isn't because Americans are very religious. I mean, on average they are, but that isn't why they don't eat horse. 

[derspiess]

The association of pigs with filth is pretty strong, and it is backed up by the fact that pig meat has to be well-cooked because pigs carry diseases people get.

  Keep it in the temple, dude.

[Eddie Teach]

Well, it isn't because Americans are very religious. I mean, on average they are,

Wrong.

[Malthus]

The association of pigs with filth is pretty strong, and it is backed up by the fact that pig meat has to be well-cooked because pigs carry diseases people get.

  Keep it in the temple, dude.

Me? I love me some bacon. Cooked nice and crispy. 

[Malthus]

Well, it isn't because Americans are very religious. I mean, on average they are,

Wrong.

http://blow.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/why-is-america-so-religious/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

[Tamas]

Hungarians eat pork like there is no tomorrow, but I never cared for it. So it can be personal as well, not just cultural.

[derspiess]

The association of pigs with filth is pretty strong, and it is backed up by the fact that pig meat has to be well-cooked because pigs carry diseases people get.

  Keep it in the temple, dude.

Me? I love me some bacon. Cooked nice and crispy. 

I was kidding.

[Barrister]

Hungarians eat pork like there is no tomorrow, but I never cared for it. So it can be personal as well, not just cultural.

Whatever you say Mohammed.

[alfred russel]

The association of pigs with filth is pretty strong, and it is backed up by the fact that pig meat has to be well-cooked because pigs carry diseases people get.

I've eaten pork cooked less than well done (including in restaurants).

[Valmy]

Hungarians eat pork like there is no tomorrow, but I never cared for it. So it can be personal as well, not just cultural.

You hate bacon?  I am not sure what to think of you anymore.

[alfred russel]

I refuse to believe that someone can "not like" pork. Tamas likes pork, he just hasn't had the right pork yet.

[derspiess]

Hungarians eat pork like there is no tomorrow, but I never cared for it. So it can be personal as well, not just cultural.

Back in the 80s my dad used to buy canned "Celebrity" brand bacon at K-Mart for when we went camping.  Tasted okay but was salty as hell and was made in: Hungary.

As a precocious youth during that time, I worried that our money was going to an oppressive communist regime.