Hungarian eatable national treasure "Mangalica Pig"
"Mangalica", an alternative gourmet pork which has the same root as Iberico pig.
Why Mangalica wears fur coat?
Long time ago, animals living in Hungarian vast plain "Puszta" had a blast festival to celebrate coming new season.
There were long horned cattle, long haired sheep, horses kept by stockman and hungry Mangalica pig who had no hairy coat yet.
They dance and eat foods in barn and drink water from well pleasantly. But only Mangalica pig did not feel like eating with everyone.
"Food in barn!? No way! I can not eat nothing but fresh one!"
Then Mangalica pig skipped from the barn and start searching seriously for pumpkin, beet and acorn from oak trees. Mangalica pig kept eating entirely. Pumpkin was very tasty and these masts were really fresh, so that they were far more attractive than foods in the barn.
When the belly was full, Mangalica pig suddenly found the fact.
"Oh my god! If everyone see such plump shape of me, I am sure that I will be a laughingstock!"
Mangalica pig fumbled around something to hide his ample belly.
He reached to a house of stockman. There was a wardrobe of his wife, and he found 4 pieces of fur coats with different colors in it.
Mangalica pig gazed over his plump belly and could not help thinking of hide it, so he decided to relief these coat for a moment.
After that, Mangalica pig tried to lose weight but failed and ended up that he could not go without these coats.
And then, nobody had seen Mangalica pig without coat.
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