Monday, July 26, 2010

Roast suckling pig / lechon asado.




On very special occasions Cubans like to celebrate with a roast suckling pig cooking slowly in their backyards. The look of it screams “f i e s t a” party.

My mother’s father cooks the best roast suckling pig I ever tasted; he is a master at this. I tried to repeat the experience in Miami Florida as that city is like Cuba in America, but it did not happen to be that good, their pork tastes totally different, like a different animal, probably because the pigs diet is unlike what they eat in Cuba.

This is a Total Cuban experience; the roast suckling pig being delivered on the “bicitaxi”.
This time the pig was cooked to perfection at the local bakery. There were fears of rain and that would ruin the backyard cooking.

1 comment:

  1. Hopefully we'll get to visit Cuba with you one year and maybe try your dad's suckling pork. I am salivating already!

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