More traditionally, indians or hawiians will dig a hole, build a bonfire in it, let it burn down, throw the wrapped pig in, more coals on top, and cover it with sand. Sometimes they fill the innards cavity with fruits and spices.
This is DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've heard thats the way to go, always wanted to try it from scratch. Keg, hole, people, pig.
Seen it on TV a whole bunch of different times. Always thought it was cooler'n shit.
The modern-style wagon roaster I've had a number of times, and I agree, it's fuckin' amazing.
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There was (is) an Amish market where I used to live, and they did all sorts of roasting on the premises. Mostly chickens, in this giant gas-fired rotisserie, and some ribs.
Other stuff they trucked in, and the pigs was one of 'em. You could get big hunks of roasted pork like you'd buy anything else from a deli, and it was a kick-ass novelty. Can't get that shit just anywhere.
Hands down, those people had the best meats anywhere, ever. Raw or cooked. Big-ass steaks, hand-made local smoked kielbasi with no preservatives. German hot dogs with the little balloon knot on the end.
Supermarket meat is a joke.
I used to make sausages back in the day.
All you need is a good shell casing,raw meat, a grinder, and you can turn anything into a hotdog.
It makes kabab easier to grill, and boerwars are fan-fucking-tastic.
Sausages ARE easy to make. But they're not easy to make
well. Between the grind, spices, consistency, smoking (when applicable), styles.. it is an art.
Where I live, they actually have a kielbasa-fest. If you can make a thousand identical blue-ribbon winning smoked kielbasa's and have people lined up an hour down the street to buy one, with eighty-year old Polish women telling you how good they are, you can join the fray.
They take it about as seriously as Wisconsin people take cheese.
We have these old storefronts in small towns where you'd probably not go inside to buy a pack of cigarettes. The places look plain-old fucked-up. The floors are creaky and the aluminum siding is all faded, and the hours are like 9 to 4. And you'd think "I'd never eat meat from that place".
But that's where you get it.
I know people who go WAY out of their way just to go there for a couple rings of 'basa, porketta, soup bones, scrapple, hot dogs.
Then they go to the store for everything else.
I don't mind the name-brands, like Hatfield or Hillshire Farms, or whatever. But some people spit at that stuff.
And I have to admit, I like the old-school places better, by a lot. The factory stuff is loaded up with colors and phosphates and preservatives.
I've actually seen old folks wipe mold off of smoked kielbasa like it was no big deal. Its cased and smoked, so in actuality, they're not wrong. But its a weird thing to see.
This is a coal mine town. They're hard-headed polacks. Thats just how it is. It'll be a shame when those people die out.