Long pig probably isn't apocryphal, but that doesn't mean it's a good translation. Especially since the pig was the only other meat animal those people probably had. And even cannibals might want to euphemize when talking about some things.
There is a difference between a carcass and meat. A pork chop and a rib eye are similar cuts of meat, but even raw the color and texture and taste are different. I know that in some South Pacific languages human meat literally translates as long pig. But I don't think anything in my...
Individual reporters have different strengths and weaknesses. Given its inaccuracies, focus, and self-generated controversy, I'd say this story was written by someone lazy whose research for the piece consisted of reading a press packet put together by the group sponsoring the ballot...
I don't like to disagree, except when people are wrong. Most of the food restrictions in the various religious texts have more to do with food safety than economic considerations. Shellfish, for example, was prohibited because it couldn't be properly preserved or transported fast enough to...