"Sheepsfoot" blade etymology help

[Esav Benyamin]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bugs3x:
If you think the feet sound bad, I often purchased canned pork tongue to get needed protein over there.

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I know corned beef and pastrami are a lot more popular these days, but when I was a kid, tongue was a delicacy, and a real favorite of mine. Of course, in Jewish delis, that was beef tongue, not pork.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by allenC:
I thought horses were brought to the Americas by the Europeans.</font>

As befits a beast that runs so well, horses have gotten around ...

They were originally an American animal, early in their evolutionary history, and a very successful one. They colonized eastern Asia and Siberia, and eventually were brought to western Asia and Europe. The "tarpan" or "Przewalski's horse" * is the last living example of these early Asian horses. There's a herd of them at the Bronx Zoo, and you can see pictures of them among the Stone Age cave paintings.

As they were colonizing Asia, conditions in America changed for the worse, and they all died off here, along with many other large animals (megafauna). When the conquistadores arrived, their horses once again found the great American west to their liking, and flourished.

* "Przewalski" is pronounced approximately 'pshe-VAHL-skee'

 

[kirch]

Don't I feel sheepish.

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