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Mangalitsa pigs inspire Operetta

January 14, 2015 / Bruce Steele / History

The Mangalitsa even inspired its own Operetta. In 1885 Johann Strauss II wrote “The Gypsy Baron,” wherein a wealthy pig farmer (Kálmán Zsupán) declares:

Ja, das Schreiben und das Lesen
Ist nie mein Fach gewesen,
Denn schon von Kindesbeinen
Befasst ich mich mit Schweinen,
Auch war ich nie ein Dichter
Potz Donnerwetter Parapluie!
Nur immer Scheinezüchter
Poetisch war ich nie!
Translated:
I’ve no time for learning writing,
breeding pigs is too exciting
and I’ve got no time for reading,
for the pigs will keep on breeding
So I’ve never been a reader,
for reading I don’t care two figs,
I’m just a humble breeder,
who keeps on breeding pigs

“When a man chooses pigs over literacy you know you’ve got some powerful lard!” — Wilhelm Kohl

Excerpt from The Cookbook “The Mangalitsa Pig – Royalty is coming to America” — By Mate Dobesch, Wilhelm W. Kohl, Peter Toth, Beata Bencsics, Eszter Szalai

 

Johann-Strauss

Johann Strauss II, Kálmán Zsupán, Pig Farmer, The Gypsy Baron

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