7-11 2 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Glad you had fun but... is that just done to humiliate the dead beast or something? Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 What the apple in the mouth? Not sure where/why the origin, but it is a traditional thing. Looked it up.. explanation Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Glad you had fun but... is that just done to humiliate the dead beast or something? Humiliate? It's a dead pig....it doesn't have emotions Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 That surely wasn't a predictable comment. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 As predictable maybe as urs was absurd Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I don't think the pig will mind. But seeing something like that is enough to make me go veggie. I can't get pleasure out of seeing the pig like that somehow. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 There were a few confronting moments, I'll admit, but it was certainly a talking point. If you are happy to eat a pork schnitzel there's not a lot of difference except in the dish presentation. This was the first little piggie we have ever spit roasted and we weren't sure how it would go - but the night was a success and the piggie well enjoyed - I was happy with that. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 It looks great MB.....makes me wanna bite straight into it!! Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 If you are happy to eat a pork schnitzel there's not a lot of difference except in the dish presentation. Obviously. Still doesn't change how I would feel though. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I don't think the pig will mind. Nope - dead already! But seeing something like that is enough to make me go veggie.What?? I can't get pleasure out of seeing the pig like that somehow.Kidding, right? All cooked and ready to eat? How did we manage to get to the top of the food chain on land with wimpish ideas like that? Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I didn't ask you to agree with me, JA. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Didn't say I couldn't comment, either! Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Yummy! Great bunch of ski/board enthusiasts. Excellent array of food and drinks (everyone brought something, so it was brilliant!) Lots of laughter, and a fair bit of Japow love! My pooches love me this morning, fat bellies fed on left over piggie including the less desirable bits. Never seen them so excited over food! Yum! That must be the oz recipe for spit roasting. I would've kept the skin intact and final glaze it in honey to make it crackly. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 Ooooohhhhh. That sounds nice! As I said - complete first timer at pig spit roasting, I had no idea what I was doing. It was dressed with EVOO and Sea Salt with cloves of garlic and small wedges of lime shoved into little pockets randomly. It worked. A honey glaze does sound enticing though... Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 This is a suckling pig usually served at wedding banquets as the first course. The skin is basted with boiling water and honey mixture to coat the skin evenly and then hung over night. It is then roasted with a final basting of honey water mixture before serving. The skin is crispy and goes with hoi sin sauce and shreds of spring onions. Ignore those teapots. Its beer or wine or you would've wasted the darling little babe. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 YUM! Reminds me of Peking Duck, only pork Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Thursday, please pardon my ignorance but what's the diff between "Peking" and "Beijing"? Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 It's the same place. New name. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 A bit like Sports Shinko Ishiuchi and Mt Granview. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 It's the same place. New name. Same place, not new name. De-Anglicised name. Peking, 北京, is what the Brits called it 'cos it sounds like the Cantonese way of saying it. Beijing is Mandarin phonetic, meaning Northern Capital. Nanjing is Southern Capital, 南京. Tokyo is Eastern Capital, 東京 Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 It's the same place. New name. I know its the same place, I would like to know why the name change! Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 It's the same place. New name. Same place, not new name. De-Anglicised name. Peking, 北京, is what the Brits called it 'cos it sounds like the Cantonese way of saying it. Beijing is Mandarin phonetic, meaning Northern Capital. Nanjing is Southern Capital, 南京. Tokyo is Eastern Capital, 東京 Interesting.I was aware that it occurred as the Brits influence left, but not that it was simply a mispronunciation of the existing name. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Thanks thurs. I knew the kanji meant northern Capital (of course I knew what Tokyo meant as well). When did the name change to the mandarin pronunciation? post WWII? Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Beijing has always been Beijing as it is what Chinese call it in Mandarin. Peking came about from the Brits. Same as Canton. The BBC World service used Peking right up to the Beijing Olympics. I thnk they use Beijing now. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 Did they really?! Talk about the wheels of change moving slowly! Link to post Share on other sites
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