Pig...

"Pig, and the flesh derived from pig has long captured the attention and appetites- of southerners, not matter their religion."
-Southern Foodways Alliance




Introduced to Florida by the Spanish in 1539' the pig was soon afterwards being raised in Georgia. There appreciation came to the forefront due to there ease and efficient conversion of feed to flesh. "if the king of the antebellum southern economy was cotton' then the title of the the queen must go to the pig" this is what Sam Bowers Hilliard wrote. It has even been said that "Hog's lard is the very oil that moves the machinery of life"

As much as you have heard me say that bacon doesn't belong on everything I am still a firm steward of the hog. The meat, and what can be done with the animal is great, and really melts like butter in your mouth, actually better, cause pork fat actually melts at a tempature that is low than what is in your mouth hence why it has the taste of smooth velvet.

During my 300 mile eating habit i will be porking out some menus, well cause that is what is around here so why not, plus all hail the hog!
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