Word: squealing
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...stood on the kill floor, I watched the moment when each pig, emerging from the chute, sensed its fate; the sudden piercing squeal followed by the too-late attempt to turn and run—some pigs literally attempting to scramble up vertical walls—as metal shackles were clamped around their ankles. And I watched as the shackles hoisted each pig into the air and as the slaughterer’s knife sent blood splattering across my overalls...
...carats from Tiffany's, while Emma's Fletcher (Chris Pratt) comes home with just under a carat. This means two lavish weddings to plan and the equivalent of two down payments on houses to be spent on the above. It's enough to make you - and Liv and Emma - squeal. A lot. (See pictures of movie costumes...
...turned on him, trying to kill him, then going on the lam with his pregnant wife and sick son (concern for whose welfare does not keep Mackey from trying to have Shane and his wife whacked). Another Strike Team member is dead, murdered by Shane for fear he might squeal. And Mackey is almost completely estranged from his kids, who along with his ex-wife--whom he's made complicit in his cover-ups--stand to be ruined if he goes down...
Everything But The Squeal: Eating the Whole Hog in Northern SpainJohn BarlowFSG; 306 pages...
...give Manolo a call, he might persuade you otherwise. After the cachucha is simmered until soft, the bones are removed. The two half-head pieces are then crammed into a steel press about half the size of a shoe box, and pressure is applied until all the squeal's gone out of it...I don't count them, but there's a real cacophony of flavors, from the familiar sweetness of boiled ham to the earthy notes of the skin. All the different bacon you've ever eaten comes back to say hello...