Sunday, November 14, 2010

Flaming Pig Heads


Just something I ran across on my way home the other night. If you can't see what's going on here, the man is running a torch over the pig's head and there is a pile of pigs heads to the left waiting to get torched... My walk home is never boring!

6 comments:

  1. I am aware that in Asia they are using every part of an animal. So they does in Europe too, but not all people like to eat them. It's a matter of habit and gusto, after all :)

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  2. I've eaten pig's head, but it doesn't look anything like this when it's on the table. If you are interested in that photo, check out this page: http://smileyjkl.blogspot.com/2010/06/food-firsts-in-jeonju.html Believe it or not, it tasted quite good, but it was images in my mind like this one that kept me from eating more than two bites of it...

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  3. I'm trying to figure out what exactly he's doing--perhaps singeing the hair off the head before it gets turned into meorigogi?

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  4. That was exactly our theory too, but since I have no idea really I didn't want to write that up there sounding smart only to be shut down by someone who knows about this stuff.. I can't imagine what else it could be...

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  5. Yeah, pretty sure he's burning off the little hairs.

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