Ensure that you pig has a good, fulfilling life, with plenty
of exercise, shelter, acorns to nibble and scraps to eat. Give it the company
of other pigs. Sing to your pig in the evening as you distribute the night-time
straw. Pat your pig. When reading to your pig, avoid tales involving pigs whose
houses are destroyed by angry wolves. Do not name your pig “Babe.” Name it
“Bacon.”
A Plain Cookery Book
For The Working Classes, Charles Elme´ Francatelli, 1852
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