Getcher Goat

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> Byron,
>
> My roommate prepared an Indonesian satay
> or sate babi last night (again) and it is one super
> dish: barbecued skewered pork basted with and
> served under a ground peanut, soy sauce, onion,
> coriander, garlic sauce and rice.
>
> We ate it accompanied with beer. My question is
> what brand beer would have likely been drunk
> with this dish in Indonesia? Maybe San Miguel
> from the Philipines?
>
> And most Indonesians are Moslems who are
> not supposed to eat pork or drink alcohol. Are
> these prohibitions ignored or is the dish only
> eaten by non-Moslems?
>
> Mike

The commonest sate here is goat and chicken. It's a truly universal /
national food, ubiquitous in the extreme.

I've been a fruit-aryan since 1968 (though I cheat and eat fish - 'Sir,
you are an honorary mango!' I tell the tuna), and would never return to
eating meat again. I have concluded it's REALLY dangerous, even more so
than say smoking (which I also do, cigars anyway).

I'll lick it and I'll suck it but I won't eat it, ha. (obligatory
in-your-face fag reference).

I refer the meat-eating reader to a volume by the amazing Richard Rhodes:

Amazon.com: Books: Deadly Feasts: Tracking the Secrets of a ...
... a family of diseases ranging from kuru in primitive ... that first
kills cannibals in
New Guinea, then cattle ... Richard Rhodes' "Deadly Feast" is a warning
about the ...
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ tg/detail/-/0684823608?v=glance

Sate babi I've never seen here, but I imagine the Singaporeans have it.

This is a real meaty society to be sure. Maybe they have to have it to get
their energy up (Javanese seem pretty much out of gas, most of the time --
played out race).

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