xcanuck Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 This food section in this week's Globe and Mail has some really interesting articles. This one is about a Quebec pork producer that sells piglets that have been raised on a diet of milk and vitamin supplements. The author of the article (a Toronto area professional chef) states that the "resulting meat is succulent, incredibly tender and lacking in the sometimes overwhelming "porky" taste one might associate with industrially raised pigs.". Anyone ever heard of this in the States? The only producer I can find online is the one quoted in the article. They sell their product in the S Ont/QC area but apparently not for export to the US. I have to believe someone else is doing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparrott Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 "Cochon de lait" is a delicacy in Louisiana. Not sure of providers, though, and the term has come to mean any suckling pig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparrott Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 Double-double (post), (milk-fed) animal style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotteeM Posted November 14, 2007 Share Posted November 14, 2007 The farmer who supplies the co-op/buying club of which I am a member feeds his hogs milk, but I think they are also allowed to forage--I'll have to check on that. I do know that his pork products are delicious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Blume Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 David Lebovitz documents eating porcelet in this account of a Camp Cassoulet in Gascony. Kinda reminds me of the fetal pig kept in the refrigerator for a week for dissection in a biology class, only glazed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edenman Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 I have to believe someone else is doing this. Steven and I arrived at the farm to find Carl's sons, Olivier and Émile, climbing on a pile of sacks containing the secret formula of vitamin and mineral supplement that are fed to the pigs. It seems counter-intuitive that the mixture is a secret (implying they make it themselves) but that they have multiple sacks of the stuff. Seems like something that is probably a commercial product and they just don't divulge their sources...maybe just some baby powder formula? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 It seems counter-intuitive that the mixture is a secret (implying they make it themselves) but that they have multiple sacks of the stuff. Seems like something that is probably a commercial product and they just don't divulge their sources...maybe just some baby powder formula? It's not counterintuitive at all if you've ever dealt with bulk feed - if you're buying the raw ingredients by the half-ton or ton, you really don't want to have to store them separately. Hence, the multiple bags of already mixed supplement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edenman Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 It's not counterintuitive at all if you've ever dealt with bulk feed - if you're buying the raw ingredients by the half-ton or ton, you really don't want to have to store them separately. Hence, the multiple bags of already mixed supplement. Yea, that hadn't occurred to me. Sounds plausible, but I still think baby formula would work wonders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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