Hog Roast Wedding
Now there can’t be many people (vegetarians excepted) who can stand before a spit roasting pig without salivating at the thought of succulent pleasures to come. So of course it’s always a delight to be asked to cook a hog roast at an event because you know the assembled throng are going to be delighted at the outcome. And so it was with pleasant anticipation that we planned a wedding feast for Alison and Nigel, to take place in the garden of their home near Kingswear.
Of course it’s not something to be taken on lightly. If you cook something for 7 hours and then realise that it’s all gone horribly wrong the fallback position of bread and salad is not going to sit well with the hundred hungry, and by now probably tipsy, revellers. So we really needed to get it right. So here are my top four tips for the perfect hog roast wedding:
- Get the best pig you can get hold of from a good butcher or direct from the farmer.
- Get a really good roaster to cook it in.
- Get some really good staff to help you out.
- Don’t be tempted by the excess of beer, wines and spirits on display until the whole thing has been cooked, carved, served and eaten.
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