You know that “Pumba” wild pig character in the Lion King Disney movie? The wild pig we locally call “baboy damo”? Our organic farmer texted me a few days ago that they are slaughtering their wild pig. I got my 5 kilos share this Saturday morning. At last, I can taste this wild pig in our own terms, cooked and raw.
My review of the raw version. The raw wild pig red meat was tender, juicy, had its own flavor… unlike the bland icky taste of the commercial pig red meat. The fat tasted good and bland, not flavorful like raw beef fat. The skin was thick, impossible to eat raw. You’d break your teeth trying to. My 2 boys liked the raw red meat of the wild pig.
I tried frying the wild pig in its own fat. The meat, had its own flavor. The cooked food eaters at home found the meat good. I think the raw meat tasted better. The skin can be made into chicharon — pork rinds, very tough though, but the cooked food eaters like chicharon… but cooked fat easily makes me feel cooked fat icky full… “nakakaumay”. “Umay” or icky cooked fat full does not happen with raw fat.
Later at lunch, the maids cooked some wild pig “adobo” style without soy sauce. We are on a warpath against soya. So no soy sauce. Everyone liked the cooked wild pig. Tasted like pig. Without the guilty feeling that you are eating inferior pork, in fact everyone felt we were eating superior pork.
Got a total of 5 kilos so we will be having more wild pig the next few days.
can I ask where this “wild pig” farm is? are you sure it is a pure breed of wild boar? FYI: there is at least 3 species of wild pig in the Philippines… 1 from Luzon, 1 from Palawan, and 1 from Central Visayas, several subspecies are also known. There are also many farms racing “native” pigs that advertise them to be “wild pig”. What puzzles me is how these farms conduct farming and how they can guarantee the gene pool is not contaminated? In my opinion 99% pure wild pig is not the “wild pig” we should tell the world… especially when the issue of conservation is discussed. wild pigs in the philippines grow slow and bear few piglets so a farmer has little profits and may be tempted to crossbreed, which 1 day could escape into the woods and contaminate wild populations! this is a dangerous situation for conservation of the true wild species! also true “wild pig” which had roamed the forest for its entire life, choosing every gram of food it eats and strolls for hours a day tastes different from farmed pigs however pure their breed is.
can I ask where this “wild pig” farm is? are you sure it is a pure breed of wild boar? FYI: there are at least 3 species of wild pig in the Philippines… 1 from Luzon, 1 from Palawan, and 1 from Central Visayas, several subspecies are also known. There are also many farms racing “native” pigs that advertise them to be “wild pig”. What puzzles me is how these farms conduct farming and how they can guarantee the gene pool is not contaminated? In my opinion 99% pure wild pig is not the “wild pig” we should tell the world… especially when the issue of conservation is discussed. wild pigs in the philippines grow slow and bear few piglets so a farmer has little profits and may be tempted to crossbreed, which 1 day could escape into the woods and contaminate wild populations! this is a dangerous situation for conservation of the true wild species! also true “wild pig” which had roamed the forest for its entire life, choosing every gram of food it eats and strolls for hours a day tastes different from farmed pigs however pure their breed is.
May ilan features ang wild pig na wala sa native pig lalo na sa mga commercial pig.
1. maikli ang buntot – kahit na totally grown, ang tail ay about 2 inches lang
2. ang tenga – maliit at pointed
3. ang nguso (snout) – mahaba
4. ang paa at kuko.
5. biik ay stripe ang color nila ( black and brown or reddish)
sa ngayon ako ay may pure breed at crossbreed na wild boar . Talagang masarap sila lalo na sa lechon . ang 50% na wild boar ay halos 15 kilos lang weight na inalagaan mo ng one year. mabagal sila lumaki at konti ang biik kung manganak. Sa ngayon may mga nakatry na sa mga alaga ko at dumadami na ang may gusto kahit may kamahalan. Kung gusto nyo try ninyo. email lang ako.
Are the pork being sold in wet markets not organic? Where can I buy organic pork?
If you want organic pork, raise it yourself or look for hunters of wild boar. There is a natural piggery movement. I blogged about it somewhere here.