So is a new trend? (IMAGE WARNING: ROASTING PIG)

[PJMcK]

82. Looks yummy

A roasted pig is fantastic and quite healthy. Needless to say, Vegans won't go near it which is fine; that's their choice and it means there's more for me.

When my son was in Scouting, I was a Cubmaster and Scoutleader and each spring we'd have a family campout and roast a pig. It was always fun to go to Western Beef to buy the meat and see the stares of onlookers as we paid for it. The animals are big and awkward and fastening it to the spit is very tricky because the pig tends to spin on the spit thus defeating the rotation needed for cooking.

It usually took 5 or 6 hours to cook. One of the other fathers was a butcher and he'd slice it up and nearly everyone would have some.

WARNING: WHAT FOLLOWS MAY BE CONSIDERED GROSS!

Each year, two or three of the older boys would put the pig's head on a stake by the campfire which would elicit as many groans as cheers. You know, boys will be boys. Interestingly, I recently ran into a former Scout who is now a vegetarian. He remembered the roasted pig and said it was a great memory.

Thanks for posting the picture, yulyoshida.