http://tinyurl.com/ct7mofThe Shipwrecked How-to Guide: Pig Killing
copy and pasted from my blog
Two of the pigs are gone! One on Tigers and one on Sharks. We had been earlier taught by an expert how to kill a pig. Hollie, Hermione, Jack, Markus and Sonny came over to sharks to join myself, Xanthi, Mackenzie, Doug and Maz for a master class in how to kill, prepare and cook a pig, Polynesian style.
Ingredients:
1 Pig
1 Knife
1 Underground Oven
1 Deep Hole
Wood
Basalt Rocks
Dead Palm Leaves
Fire
Sliced strips of Palm Leaf Bark
Baby Palm and Hibiscus leaves
The Sea
Hibiscus Rope
Serves 1 - 13 people. Preparation time 1 hour. Cooking time 3 hours
Method
Prepare underground oven
1. Dig 3ft square ankle deep hole
2. Over fill with dried dead wood ranging from small to large
3. Put basalt rocks on top of wood
4. Set fire to wood (allowing wood to burn down and rocks to become red hot while pig is prepared)
Kill pig
1. Assemble a four or 5 man team.
2. Take hold of one of the pigs legs each and secure the head from moving
3. Kill the Pig
a. Find its left arm pit... have a look under your arm now... that sort of dip that is caused when the arm is raised
b. Slide the knife diagonally into t pigs heart. If you encounter resistance pivot the knife slightly left or right around its rib.
4. Hold pig until convulsions stop
Prepare Pig
1. Set fire to dry palms, and hold on pig ski for seconds at a time.
2. Scr*pe away pig fur until bright white and repeat until entire pig white
3. Wash in the sea to clean.
4. Remove trotter nails
5. Sting hog up by hind legs above previously dug deep hole
6. Cut open hog on underside, being careful not to disturb penis, urethra and anus.
7. Remove guts in one go, ripping them from the carcass into deep hole.
8. Divide meat into legs, shoulders and ribs
Cook Meat
1. Place sliced palm leaf bark over basalt rocks
2. Lay meat on palm bark
3. Cover meat in Hibiscus Leaves
4. Cover Hibiscus leaves with baby palm leaves
5. Cover palm leaves with sand and leave to cook for 3 hours
6. Relax
7. Carefully remove sand (warning sand will be red hot)
8. Peel back leaves to reveal perfectly cooked Pork
9. Serv. Enjoy
On sharks Rosie and Bene didn’t witness the pig’s death. Dan, Mark, Lois & Kevin assisted with skinning and cleaning. Mackenzie and Xanthi, Maz and I gutted and held it to be killed. I killed it. Eve0ryone helped to prepare the underground oven.
