Zubuleche (Roasted Suckling Pig) a la Marketman

[Win2Win]

http://www.marketmanila.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/140.jpg For several years I have avoided roasting the youngest of piglets, true or just days after "suckling pigs" at 5-6 weeks old or less. I thought about it seriously here (http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/livestock-auction-market), when I spotted these little munchkins in large baskets, for sale at a livestock market in Mantalongon, Barili, Cebu. They were still grouped as a litter and I suspect just separated from their mother hours before... A part of me believed (and still does) that the skin of older piglets with some crunch and substance was preferable to the paper thin variety. However, the meat of the lechon de leche is probably or theoretically paler, sweeter and juicier. Our recent meal at Sobrino de Botin (http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/sobrino-de-botin-madrid), and tasting their cochinillo de asado, convinced me to have a go at cooking my own...



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[mickcant]

Hi all,:Wave:
Very intresting to see, but if I had to kill it, I know I could not do it!
Mick.:Erm:

[bornatbirth]

why, most eat meat but we cant kill them :Erm: