Comments on: The Lechon Chronicles, Chapter II : The Ideal Piggy

By: jaime vergara

jaime vergara — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:46:10 +0000

if you are looking for native pigs or tagalog na baboy for your lechon or lechon de leche you can contact us 09175045919 we are located in batangas.
thanks marketman more power to you!!!!!!

By: the husband

the husband — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:53:51 +0000

I can’t wait to use that roast SUCKLING pig bit! I say, your obsession with lechon is truly astounding! Looking forward to you adventure on lechon

By: tulip

tulip — Tue, 27 May 2008 06:28:25 +0000

Myra P. & Marketman, the lechon and conchinillo I had last Christmas season was great! Those were said to be fed by corn, oats and beer. And they were confined to a limited space, for little movement. I dont know how to describe the taste but it was really good.
Marketman, I’d ask my folks as how it is possible to send some black piggies to Cebu. I know we used to get some pink piggies from Cebu but doing it the other way around it something new (I think!). If only I do frequently visit the farm, I would invite you to roam around and observe how they do it. But I havent even checked it out it, I just wait for the good looking, great tasting lechon & conchinillo to feast on. hehehe.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:27:01 +0000

Â¡Se me hace la boca agua!

Anyway, has anyone ever tried lechÃ³n/cochinillo/suckling pig Peking Duck style? Had this once at a catered dinner years ago and it was delicious. The lechÃ³n was prepared with a very young piglet as the skin was crisp & thin like a potato chip.

By: Apicio

Apicio — Mon, 26 May 2008 14:15:27 +0000

Shall we grant at least that lechon de leche and leche flan are Filipino locutions that cannot be forced fitted into glass slippers of foreign usage. It has been a good forty years since I witnessed my dad bristling with indignation on the use of the word (or non-word) protectado. They might very well be abusage in the Spanish language but they seem to me quite legitimate Filipino. Only a handful of Filipinos I know now will get what is meant in Spanish by lechon and flan de leche and rather than risking dire miscommunication (disappointment, or worse hunger) pienso que mejor hablar el idioma del terruÃ±o.

But sucking conjures Transylvanian images while suckling has that ever so slight suggestion of smallness and succulence, like dumpling or the German liebling.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:03:58 +0000

Roberto, hahaha, actually we have a chest freezer in Cebu that could semi-freeze a pig, but I wouldn’t want it kicking and screaming and pooping in our freezer! :( Myra, I am willing to try it if you are willing to massage the beast :) tulip, omigod, think we can get a black pig to cebu somehow? sonianer, I presume these are frozen, right? ihid, to answer ChrisB’s question on a different post, do darker skinned pigs have different colored cooked skin?

By: Roberto Vicencio

Roberto Vicencio — Mon, 26 May 2008 10:56:06 +0000

Kylie Kwong puts crabs and lobsters to sleep in a frrezer first before she cooks them. Maybe….naaaaah. Don’t have a freezer that big.

By: Myra P.

Myra P. — Mon, 26 May 2008 09:24:46 +0000

Told you beer and massage isnt a far-fetched idea :) Tulip, did the spoiled pigs come out tastier, crispier?

By: tulip

tulip — Mon, 26 May 2008 07:50:47 +0000

Marketman, are you lookin for a native or a hybrid piglet? We do have a farm but we have stopped supplying around Metro Manila many years ago. I believe we still quite have a bunch of piggies but for a small community consumption. And the last time I was in the farm, they were testing to feed them with beer,bath every morning with massage,etc. I think it was inspired by Kurobuta(Berkshire?) pork/Kobe beef, I believe those used were Vietnamese black pigs though.

By: sonianer

sonianer — Mon, 26 May 2008 07:47:20 +0000

i was told that the cochinillos now being sold in manila are actually imported from china. they come in at a standard 5.5 kilos per and ready for roasting