For the second year in a row, my wife’s North Carolina relatives hosted a full-on pig pickin’ on their gentleman’s farm north of Wilmington for Thanksgiving. In a pig pickin’, in case you didn’t know, the pit master barbecues a pig (in this case, half a pig), then brings it out on location in a trailer/smoker. They turn the heat back on, unload the sides….and then you literally start picking the pig apart, usually w/ tongs but with your fingers here and there if need be. Uncle Jerry (“the gentleman”) came over and whispered in my ear not to worry, the barbecue had been blessed by a rabbi!
Here’s the pig on the grill..notice the tongs getting ready to pick (top center).
Here’s what a piled on plate looks like. The greens were fresh picked from the farm garden.
And the bonus shot, the kids got to gather fresh eggs from the hen house.
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