Sunday, July 4, 2010

Roast Pig and Independence


"But what was most remarkable, Broadway being three miles long, and the booths lining each side of it, in every booth there was a roast pig, large or small, as the centre attraction. Six miles of roast pig! And that in New York City alone; and roast pig in every other city, town, hamlet, and village in the Union. What association can there be between roast pig and independence?"

--Frederick Marryat, describing a Fourth of July celebration (1837)


2 comments:

  1. Wonderful--I love it! Of course, that could just be the Serbian half talking...

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  2. Is it wrong that this turns me on?

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