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Just finished pig...
My family reunion picnic is coming up next month. And this thread has inspired me. But I'm way too lazy to dig a pit or build an oven. So I just ordered on of these online:
La Caja China Box - Superb Pig Roasting BBQ Grills and Smokers
Bobby Flay uses one. It's more Cuban style than rotissere. And it can handle up to a 70lb pig. Now I just gotta find a pig/hog.
La Caja China Box - Superb Pig Roasting BBQ Grills and Smokers
Bobby Flay uses one. It's more Cuban style than rotissere. And it can handle up to a 70lb pig. Now I just gotta find a pig/hog.
You should be able to order one at any meat counter in a supermarket in the US, but give them about 10 days notice to be sure you can get it on time. The main prob is they tend to come frozen in a box so it really helps if you have something it can thaw in for one to two days. There are instructions on my Cuban pig roast link here on procuring a pig. Some stores may be willing to hold it for you for one or two days.
Are you in DR? I know someone on the south coast who raises and sells them, but doesn't cook them.
AE
No, I live in the US Capital (DC), and my family lives in Texas. My sister just told me that she's going to go to one of the many Mexican markets in TX and order up a whole pig from a mexican butcher. Mexicans have a long tradition of roasting whole pigs, goats, etc. So a Mexican butcher should have no problem filling such an order.
Thanks anyway.
Vince.
The China box looks like it's worth the money, but surprized it doesn't seem to have a thermometor inside the box.
Some Dominican should think about making these for sale on the island:
YouTube - 2008 Roasting Pig in a Chinese box
If I was to build one, I'd want a v shaped bottom and spout to drain off the drippings...
Yeah should be no prob in TX, and you can get a local pig that way too.
Some Dominican should think about making these for sale on the island:
YouTube - 2008 Roasting Pig in a Chinese box
If I was to build one, I'd want a v shaped bottom and spout to drain off the drippings...
Yeah should be no prob in TX, and you can get a local pig that way too.
Yes I know but not in the DR, all of the pig is eaten here...it remembers me of my childhood where we raised one pig per 6 months, slaughtered at home and everything was eaten of that pig, a goneby tradition in Belgium. I am asking my mother to write down some of the old recipies, I want to try them here.
ALL of the pig is used in Southern Italy too - they even make a pudding from the blood. Is that done in DR too?? It sounds revolting, but it is a treasured treat in Italy.
AE
AlterEgo, I haven't seen the black pudding overhere (except maybe in big resorts where they serve an European breakfast?) yet but I am sure that Whirleybird knows here recipe aswell as I do mine, its a really delicious to eat.
Actually, I don't like black pudding or brawn and therefore don't have the recipes to hand.
I would like to say one thing though - amongst our animals here on the farm (livestock) and our domestic animals (dogs, cats, horses, sheep, and a few other pets) - if they don't have a name, they are fair game!!!
I had a friend who raised two turkeys one year. Their names were Thanksgiving and Christmas...
I love black pudding and next time you slaughter a pig Whirleybird, the blood will not be wasted because I will have the recipe of my mother then 
In the DR the pig's blood is used to make morcilla=blood sausage. I did try a Vietnamese pudding made from duck's blood that "came back up" after a few drinks.
there's nothing better than the blood sausage/Blutwurst.
nothing of a pig will be waisted,
it comes all finally into something before the day is over.
Mike
nothing of a pig will be waisted,
it comes all finally into something before the day is over.
Mike
smoked pig ears are great snacks for dogs, and as an entrepeneur I had this "great" idea to start a business here of smoking them... untill I discovered they eat them here...:ermm:
ok, cow's ears then, less fatty, healthier, and dogs love them almost as much... they eat them here...:ermm:
it's not much of a dog's life out here... whahahahaha
ok, cow's ears then, less fatty, healthier, and dogs love them almost as much... they eat them here...:ermm:
it's not much of a dog's life out here... whahahahaha
Next goat, sheeps ears, smaller, not as much fun, but dont believe they eat them here.
OMG, Archie just had a heart attack!!!!!! Says that his ears are very precious to him!