Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/13

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Rudolph pie
From: lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin)
Date: Wed Dec 13 12:25:30 2006
References: <200612131216.kBDCFdBb046281@server1.waverley.reid.org>

On Dec 13, 2006, at 7:16 AM, Nathan wrote:

> Reindeer meat is a staple food in Finland--I think I have eaten much
> more reindeer than beef or pork during my many visits there.


When we visited my wife's family in Norway, we took a trip up to Nord  
Kapp, the northernmost (almost) spot in Europe. The Suomi, that group  
of people that inhabit the arctic areas of Norway, Sweden, Finland,  
and Russia, herd large populations of reindeer, just as cowboys herd  
cows. It's no longer a cottage industry. Huge slaughter houses and  
meat packing houses are located strategically in the frigid  
landscape. The Suomi use snowmobiles and computers and drive Mercedes  
cars in the off season.

Now if we could only get a few Suomi to move a bit south and control  
the deer population in the Northeast, we could all eat better and my  
wife could grow her begonias again.

Larry Z