The pig we bought for the family was roasted over the fire in the traditional fashion as seen in the photo, by Ben and Lia both great great guys who work here on the Motu for Big Mama and Earl. The kitchen staff prepared all of the accompanying tradditional dishes of taro, kumara and salad which was excellent. All served on top of banana leaves for the settings, cool. We pulled a few tables together and had a long table feast as a large family talking and laughing and joking which was really nice. Oh talking about eating, we brought a kilo of NZ crunchy organic peanut butter for Ana cuz we know she likes it, she thanked us but in the morning said, oh you know that peanut butter,,,Gone, they ate it last night, the boys did. Then Gwen baked a huge and fab chocolate black out cake, which is ultra electric cake, one sliver and you are buzzing all day. Anyway, she brought it in and before we knew it,,Gone,,, they ate it. Then , well you heard about Coconuts the dog already. Now they are all laying around dog tired.
No, I know this is not a super interesting blog post but worth mentioning and seeing how the pig is done. We have become quite accustomed to these Pacific Islands feasts but figured some folks at home might find it interesting. Yummy. Here is a photo. Of the Pig that is.