Whole Roasted Pig's Head.

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Well Oh Well. Whole Roasted Pig's Head. It was an adventure.

The most important tool when prepping a pig's head is a disposable razor. You have to shave the whole thing pretty much. It seems like there isn't any hair left but you turn it and look in a different light and you realize that there's more than one texture of hair and you missed some.

When you're done shaving it, clean out the ears thoroughly. Hard to get the razor in there, but you need to. I did well with a paring knife as well.

Ready for the oven.




275 degrees + 8 hours =




I'm also gonna say that if you're putting one type of pork in the oven for 8 hours and you've got another hunk that'll cook in 6....pop that in there too! Roasted Sugar Mountain Pork Butt



I got the idea fairly last minute to do a Bo Ssam as well but I was having a party and if you're going to do wrapped pork from mexico, may as well do wrapped pork from Korea too right.

Taco Table




Bo Ssam table




Extremely thankful that I have guests that aren't afraid to go at it with a roasted head



I know everyone's wondering if someone ate the eyes, and one of them is in the fridge, but the other is in my belly! This is a taco of eyeball and tongue meat. Lime. Salsa. And Boy was it porky delicious.




There's still some tongue meat left, and when I lifted it all off the roasting pan, the hunk that was still sitting there was pretty significant. Head Omelette this morning I think!



The skull will be in the stock pot all day today, and mabye all night.

There is a lot less meat on a head than I thought. Even with the jowls and the tongue. It was a really really great time and everyone I had over loved all of it. One mild mannered guest who hadn't had Bo Ssam before declared succinctly, "I came for the Head, but I stayed for the Butt", and I thought that summed it up pretty well!

[Jonathan]

Oh my, this needs an award. I'm not sure what kind though.

[Saab2000]

Grody to the max.

[robin3mj]

Close the "what did you cook today" thread.
This wins.

[JoB]

this is awesome.

Funny thing is, I just took a picture of my pork butt that I'll serve later today in steam buns.

Momofuku for the win!

[caleb]

Good work. Definitely taking it to the next level.

[rydesteel]

Hah... Just did a Google search for Sugar Mountain Pork Butts and this thread is about 4 from the top. Question on the head instead of shaving it would a propane torch be easier? Seems like I remember Grandpa using a blowtorch to clear away the remaining hair after he'd butchered a pig. He always made Head Cheese with his hog heads, he had a little knife, sat at the kitchen table and picked it clean. Very cool dinner idea. Well done.

[Ben]

Wild. The only time I'm ever around a roasted pig's head Is when we do the whole hog in a pit. And then it's usually on a stake at the entrance to the party, with a cigarette jammed in its mouth, wearing the sunglasses and ballcap of the first guy to pass out drunk the night before. It never would have occurred to me to eat the thing.

[joosttx]

Whoa.........

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Question on the head instead of shaving it would a propane torch be easier?

The razor was actually pretty darn easy. I did watch one vid on youtube before I got going that reccomended you have both (a razor and a blowtorch) around just in case. There were a couple places on the face where the processor had cut pieces off. They were mainly in the eyebrow/eye recess area and I'm assuming it was done to make my job easier. I can imagine a pig having gnarly muddy eyebrows. It was really pretty easy over all. Prep it and put it in the oven, like any other roast. Take it out, Let it rest and Dig In.

For the record the skull/lowerjaw have been in the stock pot for over 24hours at this point.....Think that'll end up being Ramen Broth.

[cw05]

Insert The Ladies Man voice, "Mmmm, yeah, now that just disgusting...."

[Chance Legstrong]

Chapeu!

[WadePatton]

Hell yeah, eat the whole damn thing! (as does every meat-eating culture-us included we just aren't used to knowing what it is/seeing it.)

But a disposable razor? ewwwww!!!

Not so long as i have a couple dozen straight razors ready to go. Hmmm, oil or lather? (nevermind it's a wet-shaver joke).

And of course me personally WP-style would very likely power the cooking with hardwood in the smoker, a pit, or spit. But I didn't do it, so I'll shaddup now until i get me a hogshead and go 4 it.

[false_aesthetic]

Facebook just reminded me of this thread.

[SlowPokePete]

Among the threads
from before I was around here
that I think I wouldve been
happier
if I head not seen.
or read.

SPP

[Too Tall]

You are my hero.

[Tamu8104]

Much respect....

[defspace]

I'm about as far from a foodie as you can get (photosynthesis is a fantasy of mine) but this is darn cool.

[false_aesthetic]

Oh how I wish the lady wasn't a vegan.
I guess I need to make an oven over at the shop and have some friends over.

[pdmtong]

what's the big deal here? you guys need to get out more ... seen this stuff my entire life.