Heritage Prairie Farm's BIG PIG GIG

BIG PIG GIG
Sunday August 23
1pm-5pm with buffet served from 2pm-4pm

Get away from city life and spend an afternoon on the farm full of fun, family and food. Treat your taste buds to a buffet of fresh, local foods from our Farm Kitchen. Enjoy live music from a blues band while tasting local wines and beers. Take a tour of our six acre, sustainable farm, partake in croquet and horse-shoe toss competitions or just relax among family and friends in a country atmosphere.

This event is $25 per adult and kids up to 13 pay their age. To purchase tickets visit our website at http://www.hpmfarm.com/piggig.html. Our farm is located 40 minutes west of Chicago between Geneva and Elburn. 2N308 Brundige Road, Elburn, Illinois 60119

Menu
Succulent roasted pig carefully roasted in a La Caja China Box
served with a variety of farm kitchen-made bbq sauces
BBQ Chicken, Brats, Hotdogs and Veggie Burgers
Texas BBQ Baked Beans
Corn on the Cob
Garden slaw
Deviled farm eggs
Garlic roasted potato salad
Grilled vegetables
Green salads
Assorted bread and muffins
Summer Farm Cobbler
Watermelon Slices
S’mores by the bonfire

Beverages
Ice Tea, Wind Up Coffee, Bron's Bees Honey Lemonade
Cash bar with local beer and wine by the glass $5

Moetchandon and I will be there.

I had a great time at this event yesterday. Approximately 300 people showed up, not just for the 90-lb. pig, but also for the fresh-picked veggies, farm tours, jazz, and much conviviality.

And it truly was a dog day afternoon – many brought their pets, and got a chance to run them through an agility course.

But if it’s called a “Big Pig Gig,” there’s got to be a big pig.


Pig coming out of La Caja China roasting box. Went in at 4 a.m., served at 2 p.m.

The pig was served several ways:


Tenderloin, with fresh corn salsa


Pulled pork, with house-made barbeque sauce

Not shown: unsauced pulled pork with a variety of sauces on the side

Crispy pork cracklins

A small sampling of many other offerings:


Fresh-picked, grilled corn on the cob


Wheatberry salad


Garlic roasted potatoes


A very rich Mac ‘n Cheese


Zucchini with fresh cheese


Vinaigrette-based cole slaw, with grilled chicken and super-sweet Sunglo tomatoes in the background

All the vegetables were grown on the farm. That freshness contributed to the overall deliciousness of the afternoon. And all that food, at $25 per person, was quite a deal.

Full disclosure: My cousin is the executive director at the farm, and her brother was the jazz keyboard player. Despite the familial connections, I paid my own way.