Well it is that time of year again and the pigs are squealing. Follow this link and be sure to click on the two YouTube clips.
Sosua News December 2007
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Sosua News December 2007
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.........Man, now that you mention it, I have NEVER seen so many roast pigs for sale on the street in Santo Domingo, EVER!!
Just driving from 27 Feb to Kennedy on Nunez de Caceres, there were HUNDREDS of them, stacked against trees, wrapped in plastic, still on the spit...........
.............. .... have never done the whole pig on a spit thing before .. but have tasted it, and its off the Charts DELISH.... One day ............
Indeed, the pig roasting season is here. Not sure about prices up in Sosua
but down here in Santiago it usually sells for RD$200- RD$250 per pound.
Indeed, the pig roasting season is here. Not sure about prices up in Sosua
but down here in Santiago it usually sells for RD$200- RD$250 per pound.
Indeed, the pig roasting season is here. Not sure about prices up in Sosua
but down here in Santiago it usually sells for RD$200- RD$250 per pound.
Yeah 250 pesos per lb would be the price, for " normal " days, at a road side " pork shop ", ie lechonera. And its normaly one single puerco asado, and not every single days ( mainly weekends). The rest of the week they sell chicharron, carne salado, longaniza.
Around Xmas times people would bring a live pig, to the same place, a couple of days before Xmas, and pay 1500 to 2000 pesos ( depending on the lechonera and the size of the pig ), to have it killed, cleaned, seasoned and cooked.
Then you would go and pick it up on the 24th.
Its kind of a " new thing" for campo folks. Up until 5 or 6 years ago, no one would dream of having their pig prepared for them ( apart from the visiting city folk-- but they dont count ). Its kind of tradition to do it at home ( well not actually in your home, obviously, ). But it actually caught on big time the prepare-your-puerco-asodo-thingy. They still dont sell the actual pig though ( not enough pesos to invest, for now, as weare talking about dozens and dozens of pigs for the 24th ), I am guessing thats the next big step up.