[Sca-cooks] pig, suckling

[Phlip]

Kirsten skrev:

> i don't know if anyone is interested, but in the Bakhail (Philadelphia)
> region one of the local supermarkets had a poster advertising that they
> could special order whole suckling pigs.
>
> The poster was near the meat section, and gave weight ranges they were
> available in, i believe the smallest was twenty pounds.. the largest about
> 50??
> anyway, $1.99 a pound.
>
> the way i figure it, one of those as a central "OOoohhh" peice for a feast
> would have some impact.....

Ooooh, Kirsten, thank-you. I have no feasts planned in the immediate future,
but that looks like it might be interesting ;-)

For those of you who are interested, if the piglets are dressed, IE, gutted,
but not skinned, you'll get about 60% usable meat by weight.

Phlip

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....