Reply to thread

What Tbone has described is pretty much the normal procedure but I will share what we did after a particular operation with 1st Bn 7th Marines while in Nam. We skinned a hog which we shot after we secured the village compound and let him hang while we prepared the fire pit. We made sure to leave as much fat on the hog while skinning it. The pit was more of a raised ring using corrugated metal panels we found around the house. Fire wood was taken from the same area. For a rack we used the greenest saplings we could find. After the wood burned down to a thick bed of coals we laid the pig face down on the saplings and covered him with Banana leaves and let him cook. We left the feet on the pig so that we would have handles with which to flip him over with and to remove him from the pit when done. Have no idea if he was fully cooked but no one got sick so I guess it was cooked enough. Salt and pepper came from the C rats and of course most of us had a bottle of Tabasco for flavoring. The best meal any of us had while in Nam.