Recently I ticked off one more goal on my bucket list. I had a full fledged pig roast. Now I am by no means a cooking enthusiast and I also have no determination to be one. However, most everyone, at some time, wants to roast an entire pig. So I did just that. We ordered a 47 lb pig from the local farmers market, picked it up, let it soak in brine water, seasoned it, lashed it to a spit, sewed it up and threw it over a fire! Not a very complex process altogether, but than again it's not a very complex event. All together the cooking took 6 and a half hours of sitting near by and rotating the beast every 15 minutes. by the end it was one huge, crispy, delicious looking piece of pork. Next up, carving; the only tool fit for the job? a bone saw. and some very sharp knives. By the end we had three trays filled with meat and one with various piggy part. Although I will say it wasn't the most delicious animal I have ever tasted it is the experience that counts and it sure was fun.
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| so we must start. |
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| tenderize it! |
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| sewing her up! |
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| 6 1/2 hours of that. |
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| letting the juices redistribute. |
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| bone saw! we had to start somehow. |
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| never complete without dogs |
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| that is a rib cage |
