SC - OT- How do you cook a pig?

[Stefan li Rous]

Ysabeau of Prague asked:
> I have some friends who are planning on spit roasting a whole pig for 4th of
> July. The has been or will be professionally butchered. But aside from
> running a spit through it and turning it throughout the day, what should
> they know?  How long do they need to cook it?  How would you season it and
> what would you baste it with?

I think you will find this file in the FOOD section of my Florilegium 
to be useful:
whole-pig-msg     (26K)  4/ 1/99    Info. on roasting a whole pig. Experiences.

and maybe this one in the FEASTS section:
Whole-Pig-Fst-art (36K)  9/22/98    Feast menu and recipes incl. a
roasted pig.

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