| Have you ever been on any celebration such as | | | | a Philippine Lechon are usually cooked during |
| fiestas or special gatherings in the Philippines? If | | | | national festivities (known as fiestas), the holiday |
| you do, then have you ever eaten a Philippine | | | | season, and other special occasions such as |
| Lechon served there? If not, then that’s very | | | | weddings, graduations, birthdays and baptisms, or |
| sad, usually because a Philippine Lechon is usually | | | | family get-togethers. |
| reserved for special occasion. But, do you even | | | | The Philippine Lechon is usually the highlight and |
| know what a Philippine Lechon is? No? Well | | | | the most popular dish on an event. This is |
| here’s a little information about the best kind | | | | because among a lot of the Filipinos, when they |
| of food that can only be served here in the | | | | see a Philippine Lechon on a gathering, it will mean |
| Philippines, the Philippine Lechon. | | | | that the person holding this event is rich because |
| The name Philippine Lechonis a Spanish word | | | | a Philippine Lechon is an expensive dish. A Philippine |
| meaning suckling pig. A suckling pig is a piglet that | | | | Lechon is commonly served with liver-based |
| is killed between the ages of two to six weeks | | | | gravy or sometimes served Chinese style with |
| and traditionally roasted. And like the Philippine | | | | steamed buns and a sweet plum sauce. |
| Lechon, it is also usually reserved for special | | | | There are also some other version of Philippine |
| occasions. But unlike a suckling pig, a Philippine | | | | Lechon here in the Philippines such as the Philippine |
| Lechon is usually a whole roasted pig, the Philippine | | | | Lechon kawali which is cooked in a large frying |
| Lechon Baboy (pig). But aside from Philippine | | | | pan. Leftover Philippine Lechon is easily recycled |
| Lechon Baboy, there are also some Philippine | | | | into another delectable dish, called Philippine Lechon |
| Lechon chicken and beef. | | | | paksiw. Philippine Lechon paksiw involves cooking |
| The process of Philippine Lechon involves the | | | | the left-over Philippine Lechon by boiling it in |
| whole pig/piglet, chicken, or cattle/calf being slowly | | | | vinegar or gravy making the meat moist and the |
| roasted over charcoal. And as I have said before, | | | | skin very soft. |