I've been dieing to try this in Baja - anyone do something close to this?DENNIS - 4-20-2010 at 09:10 PM
"We pay special attention to the hog's head. It's important to crack through the head so that the hog can be completely splayed out. We like to use a
machete and a hammer. Use the hammer to drive the blade through the snout, taking care not to cut all the way through."
All this for a plate of ham? Gimme a bacon wrapped hotdog any day.Udo - 4-20-2010 at 09:30 PM
This sounds like a lot of work.
Much easier if one uses a caja china. Comes in several sizes.
I'm getting one of these, can't wait to cook a pig on the beach.....think I'll get one of those gas powered blenders too....dtJESSE - 4-20-2010 at 11:08 PM
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capt. mike - 4-21-2010 at 05:43 AM
i like the caja china but it is WAY over priced IMHO.
you can get the same effect with Mike's Turkey in a Can BBQ Roaster. just place a whole suckling pig or boston butt or picnic arm/shoulder on the
support with tie wire and let it rip.
cooks the same way same flavor etc.
and all you bought was a vertical rack and a steel trash can.Mexitron - 4-21-2010 at 06:28 AM
I'm going to have to try that in our wood-fired pizza oven!durrelllrobert - 4-21-2010 at 09:50 AM
when I was pres of a large rec club I did a 350 lb hog the old fashioned way, underground (actually I'm lying; I hired some Somoans to do the
cooking). dug grave 6 ft x 4 ft x 4 ft deep and dumped whole pickup load of scrap lumber in it. lit fire around 9 PM and after it burned down to coals
we threw on 1/2 load of BEACH rocks (dont use river rocks since they will explode) around midnight. meanwhile prepared cleaned and shaved hog (and you
can't buy one with head on at any butcher shop in CA; need to go to farm) by liberally seasoning with garlic, s&p stuffing cavity with whole
pinapples cut in half and the tying it closed. next wrapped it with bananna leaves that were obtained by asking people in Beverly Hills if we could
trim trees for free (about 200 lbs worth) . then we wrapped it with burlap and placed on section of chain link fence with pipe handles so that 4 (very
large somoans could lower it onto hot rocks, cover it with a piece of tin and then dirt. dug it up around 2 PM next day and it was completly consumed
(snout, ears and all ) in less than 1 hour by around 150 people.
[Edited on 4-21-2010 by durrelllrobert]avid - 4-21-2010 at 07:27 PM
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Originally posted by Mexitron
I'm going to have to try that in our wood-fired pizza oven!
Home built or commercial?Mexitron - 4-22-2010 at 10:29 AM
