What is Lechon?

Lechon is a pork food that is particularly popular in the Spanish -speaking world, which consists of Spain and its former colonies. The word Lechon is related to Leche , which is Spanish for milk. Indicates the age range of the coating pig that is used to prepare this delicacy; The piglet is still young enough to feed on breast milk when killed at the age of two to six weeks.

Lechon creation begins with a slaughter, unloading and a peel with a spit, which could be either a stick or a rod. The fur pig is then baked through a pit of coal or wood. Spit is slowly turned so that the whole animal is completely baked, so this style of cooking resembles rotisseria. It takes several hours to complete this process, resulting in relatively fine meat and skin that is fresh and crispy. Food is usually produced and served on special occasions, especially holidays and festivals.

Lechon is very popular in the Philippines, the Republic in Southeast Asia, which was the Spanish territorythree centuries. There, pork food is called Lechon Boboy or Litong BaBoy and people use banana puff brushes to shoot pig oil. Food is particularly popular during the annual festival called Parada ng Lechon or Lechon show. During this event, which took place every 24 June in memory of the patron of the Earth, St. John, the inhabitants of the whole Philippines converged in the village of Balayana in Batangas province and brought with them clearly decorated gold red or golden -brown pigs that are their mouths stuffed with apples.

This meal is also popular in Cuba. In this Caribbean country, a roast pig is usually consumed with black beans and rice. Here Lechon is often referred to as Lechon Assado . Other countries in which this food has considerable popularity includes Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

maybe the main reason why food is so common in so many different places around the world is because of its adaptivethose. Like Turkey from the dinner of thanksgiving in the United States, the remnants of the infant can be converted into other meals. For example, in the Philippines, people usually turn the remaining pork to Paksiw to Litson or Paksiw on Lechon , which is steamed meat from the meat cooked in vinegar.