The Volokh Conspiracy - <i>The Simpsons</i> Channels The Ancients:

Pliny the Elder (AD 23-79), Natural History 8:209:

Pig

There is no animal who furnishes more variety to the tongue:
its meat provides nearly fifty flavors,
but that of the other animals only one.

The Simpsons, "Lisa the Vegetarian":

Homer: Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute. Lisa honey, are you saying you're never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Pork chops?
Lisa: Dad! Those all come from the same animal!
Homer: [Chuckles] Yeah, right Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.

Well, after all, he is called Homer.

	[Eugene Volokh, August 16, 2005 at 12:59pm] Trackbacks The Simpsons Channels The Ancients: Pliny the Elder (AD 23-79), Natural History 8:209: Pig There is no animal who furnishes more variety to the tongue: its meat provides nearly fifty flavors, but that of the other animals only one. The Simpsons, "Lisa the Vegetarian": Homer: Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute. Lisa honey, are you saying you're never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon? Lisa: No. Homer: Ham? Lisa: No. Homer: Pork chops? Lisa: Dad! Those all come from the same animal! Homer: [Chuckles] Yeah, right Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal. Well, after all, he is called Homer.