from my place ... Pomana Porcului .... ( read the text )

I was raised on a farm so I saw two pigs being slaughtered every Christmas. It is the traditional food. The pigs got good food all year, and we took care of them. I was a kid then. That's the only way I knew.

 

We use everything for the pig, except the hooves.

 

There is a traditional Romanian food called "pomana porcului" which is made from the initial meat when you cut the pig in a traditional farm.

 

From fat meat and bones we made something called pomana porcului, in which you boil meat, with ears and little bits (no organs though) with salt, pepper and lots of garlic. You boil it slow, for hours, and you can have some with bread, when the meat falls off the bone. For the rest of it (this same dish you just boiled for hours), you can make ... I think you call it head cheese here... you put it in the fridge, maybe add a bit of gelatin, and it hardens like gelo, but it will have pieces of meat in it. It will accumulate some fat on the top, and you take that off when you eat it, scrape it with a knife. Always eat it with bread though - it could be heavy on your tummy. And never eat too much. Some people also put carrots in this, sliced rough, maybe a half inch. Some make it with turkey too. We call it "piftie".

 

 

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people & their animals....

Kind of picture that can be agressive for some people but it's part of your habits and culture. Personally, I like to know the habits and uses of other countries. I used to see the same in a farm when I was a young boy. Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year.

I love this shot and the accompanying description. Many friends that visit me from "the west" have never seen whole food (most, not even a whole steamed fish) and eat nothing but processed junk. I only wish they could see this with my eyes. Here in HK I can visit my local market where the whole carcass is brought direct from the slaughter house and butchered right there in front of you, no refrigerators or freezers, nothing hidden from view, the head generally on display to show how fresh everything is, just simple whole food.

 

If anyone should find this disgusting or aggressive, please be disgusted that you've reach such a state due to commercialism and mass production.

Alexandra,

You prove with your portfolio that you can master the art in photography. With this one piece, you recall for us another power of photography: the ability to capture and document a sample of time-space dimension.

I am convinced that such image may be percieved as unreal by lots of people. I can witness that it is an excellent representation of today reality in our region and the moment you captured is a symbol of life and welth. It won't be anymore in few years.

But YOU captured this! Bravo!