European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pigging out is photos by Michael Abrams by Anita Gosch stall writer his Little Piggy Worth to Market this Little Piggy stayed Homo this Little Piggy got roasted All right of that s n morbid Way to snarl a Lood article but lie this is about pig roasts and there s nothing onto about roasting pigs. In fact it takes a Strong stomach and an even stronger mind to Sec one of these i incr. Through trom Start to Irish hut in the end if you be got to oat pork that s the Way to do it prepared properly tin meat can be Juicy tender and ust Plain delicious. And  s coming from a Tjo totally non pork Enlind person who 5 More into packaged Bacon pig roasts Aren t for your  family of four unless  family wants to eat pork sandwiches or a couple of months. Even Hall a medium Sie pig. Weighing in at about 90 pounds can yield Enot High meat to iced roughly 100 people. Besides. Iho Cost will have you digging Way Down deep into your Piggy Bank a Good sized Hall porker can Cost about $ 100 a i a German wholesale outlet. Pig roasts Are big at family reunions in the South they re popular with California teens partying on Tho Beach they re common in puerto Rico Hawaii Samoa or just about anywhere else where there Are a lot of hungry people. In the military environment it would Lake something like say a unit parly to make a pig roast worthwhile. Ii us so happened that the 159th medical company helicopter ambulance unit Mcd Vacin grips him near Darmstadt West Germany recently held ils second annual pig out As Many Guys As there Are in the unit there wore just about As Many different opinions on How Best to roast a pig. In last. Grown men have been known to Battle out their differences like they would Battle Over a Southern Bello. Some people roast choir pigs above Tho ground others especially beachcombers and those from the South Pacific islands swear Iho meal is More tender when the pig is wrapped in giant leaves and buried in the ground to Cook. Americans tend to use Metal bars As spits puerto Picans prefer to impale their pigs with carved logs before pulling them Over Tho fire the Wood soaks up the grease and the pig stays put on the log instead of slipping off said stall sgt. Reyes Leon of the 159th. In yet another method Hall pigs Are simply Laid across a wire mesh screen above a pit. A fire is sol on aluminium siding and placed above the pig. And another lire Burns irom below. That Way. Explained sic Hubert Davis of Hhd 421sl in Darmstadt the pig can Cook evenly on both sides. You just sit Back and watch it  what to use to Start the lire is another Story. Some people use charcoal others prefer Wood to give Tho meal a Woody flavor. No matter what methods pig roasters Prelc they All agree on one thing. Pork sure tastes a lot better roasted outdoors than when mom Cooks it in the Kitchen personally. I was t too sure Aboul that fit the Start of my Fust roasting adventure with the 159lh, outside a  hangar at the grips him army Airstrip of. Tho Cook j and there were a lot of them tried Ali or Host to convince me that the meal was going to to every l it As tasty As they said it would to. In last. Hoy said a void Little Square Inch of that pig would be Dee Licious. Like Iho skin or crackling to those in the know Aboul poker terminology. Talos just like pork Rind Only  said one Cook. And the ears. Tastes just like pork Rind Only better said another Cook. Ditto Lor Iho nose Tail Tongue. The actual meal of continued on Page 14 pork roasted on a spit can be Juicy tender and just Plain delicious. Friday september 1, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 13