Re: Fresons
 

They tend to have an agenda, people like that. We have selectively bred things to suit our needs for tens of thousands of years, we even did it to our pets, we chose more playful like pups from wild litters so that they would be more amenable to being handled and therefore less dangerous... we have done it to plants to a far greater extent, the "wild" potato is lethal, hell green potatoes are still lethal to humans yet it is one of the most widely eaten things on the planet after rice.... now rice... well, there is a classic example of selective breeding...

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I was talking about to de domiciled.

Exactly if you are smart.

Although things seem to be changing with that too......

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/b...tax-break.html

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My neighbour in Hungary grows just about everything (most do they nearly all have lots of land, very fertile) it all tastes wonderful to me.

The climate is better than the Uk in summer. Snow most of the winter, and hot in summer but not too hot, so you can enjoy pottering your garden, lot's have swimming pools there.

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Filthy stuff. You wouldn't like it. I hate it. I only eat it as part of my 5 a day..........

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Did you see the prog that was about the guy who tried to breed a friendly fox? He chose a silver fox, or one of the ones used for fur, and simply bred from the friendliest each time. In a surprisingly short time, he produced one that was quite domesticated and almost dog like.

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Yeah, well no.... I have read about him in an Australian research article, its a bit like the guys who are working on the Zorse, the Zebra Horse hybrid, the Zebras they started out with were wild but slowly they are becoming more and more domesticated.. fascinating stuff really.

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What really shocked me is how malleable the foxes were, and how swiftly they started to turn dog like. Just goes to show that the process of domesticating dogs must have been quite fast and easy, with huge benefits on both sides.

Also, tho the criteria chosen were friendliness, approachability and reduced agression, they also noticed the foxes became more 'puppy like' in appearance, although this was not being selected for.

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Yeah, its interesting that the same couldn't be done for cats, but then they are and asocial animal and if I can remember correctly isn't it lions who are the only feline who lives in family groups?

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Off the top of my head, I think you are right. I certainly can't think of proper family groups.

There was a study on a domestic cat colony that had been living more or less in undisturbed isolation, and it was a large, loose structure with breeding 'queens', but certainly not like a lion pride.

Perhaps it's in the nature of the beast. Cats are by and large solitary sprinters, and dogs are slogging, long distance runners where a pack is a great advantage.

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Given the opportunity dogs would almost always run and hunt in packs, as with wolves, and overcome by brute force and weight of numbers.

Cats are more solitary, because it suits their hunting nature and instincts, to catch their prey quietly by craft and cunning, with no interference or disturbance of their likely prey by other cats.

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It's quite a common combination and isn't particularly regional. It is supposed to enhance the flavour of the fruit.

Another common combination is with Balsamic vinegar.

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Dipped in chocolate...yummy:D

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I have had ice cream made with citrus fruits and balsamic vinegar in Galicia about 2 years ago.....

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I like those jars of cherries pickled in Brandy:thumbsup:

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I think some on here would like anything pickled in brandy, like fish fingers....lol