Welcome on our “Living on a farm in Slovakia – Blog”. In May 2008 we have bought a smallholding in Slovakia without ever having seen it and we have moved to our farm in September 2008. Since then we have started to get acquainted with our neighbours, learn the Slovak language, renovate the house, regain our land from nature and we have actually started to farm on our land in spring 2009. On this blog you can follow our progress and setbacks. Have fun reading it!
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Mangalitsa: a new pork horizon?
We have just prepared the first pork chops from Mr.Pig our Mangalitsa pork slaughtered yesterday. I am not a great fan of pork meat but this was different! Hard to discribe, did we ate beef or pork? Blogger 'Mad Meat Genius' wrote this about a Mangalitsa roast: This was one special taste treat. I have never experienced such a pork flavor. The meat was very rich with a intense, pleasing pork flavor. If my eyes were closed, I might even say it tastes of a mild beef. The meat was a little darker than the usual pork we purchase. The flavor was accented with a buttery pork fat that made us swoon. The gravy made from these drippings was some of the best gravy that might have ever been made. I took a cup of gravy and just sipped it with a straw. Mangalitsa pork, where have you been all my life? This was a special treat that has opened our taste buds to a new pork horizon.
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In the US mangalitsa is being promoted as gourmet meat - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/dining/29pigs.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Here in Slovenia a farmer in Salovci used to have a couple but seemingly was not able to develop a market for the special properties of the meat. Last I heard he didn't have the pigs anymore although the gallery still shows them http://www.gorickaves-kmetijarengeo.si/galerija.htm
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