Pit to Plate (Warning: gratuitous pork)

The random photo thread motivated me to dump some memory cards I had laying around. Here are photos I took last summer at a pig roast. Because I am a terrible editor, I created a new thread so I wouldn't clutter up the random photo thread with way too many photos.














a chocolate brownie pie by Mindy Segal

Amazing! How did you butterfly the pig?

nr706 wrote:Amazing! How did you butterfly the pig?

I wish I could take credit for this production, but I was just taking pictures and stuffing my pork hole. The host of the affair was Lincoln of the Maproom. As far as I know, he splayed the beast with that Gurkha knife he is wielding in the pics. Actually, I am pretty sure the pig comes almost split, except for the skull. I understand this style of pig roasting is common in Louisiana.

nr706 wrote:Amazing! How did you butterfly the pig?

Usually with a saw by cutting the backbone length ways and the head in half.

Did they baste it with that Canadian Club?

d4v3 wrote:Here are photos I took last summer at a pig roast. Because I am a terrible editor,

Dave,

Pig looks good, in particular the crunchy skin, but it's the choice of carving knives that really caught my eye.

There's a BBQ fellow of some renown in Florida, Big Jim, who swears by a sugar cane knife, sharp edge for chopping, wide flat surface doubling as spatula and hook for moving the occasional grate or log. .

Enjoy,
Gary

Gary,

The Sugar Cane Knife does look like a cool tool. For $8.59, how can you go wrong?

I believe the knife that Lincoln is holding in the above pictures is a Ghurka Khukri knife. The Ghurka are fierce Nepalese soldiers that have fought for the British. The knife is designed for decapitating humans in battle. The sharp curved blade that widens out at the end is meant for severing the spinal column in a single stroke. For pork, it makes both a good chopping and cutting instrument, and the blade makes it easy to separate joints. And as you suggest, the flat part doubles as a spatula.
http://www.m4040.com/Survival/Ghurka/Hi ... 0Kukri.htm


dave

I want to see the full tat on the guy's arm.