Pig Roast 2008.
Cowland August 13th, 2008
It’s a good thing that I’m not a professional blogger. I would never make ends meet during the summer months.
Most of my readers have noticed that the frequency of my posting slows down during the summer. You are correct — it does. With only a few hours of free time each week, things such as the following demand my time:
Jimmy the frog.
Frank the turtle chasing a snail.
A smoking pig roaster.
Fire and rain don't mix.
Crispy skin.
A butterflied pig.
Many thanks to everyone who braved the thunderstorm during the pig roast. Kudos also to all of those who took a swim in the pool during said storm.
August 13th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
It looks like your sacrifice to ensure good weather didn’t work.
But the pig looks tasty. Now I’m hungry for pork.
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August 14th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Periapex, the roasted pig looks delicious! I was hoping you’d post some pics on how it all turned out. Sorry for the rain but it looks like all in all, everything turned out great! Yum!
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Hi Haley and Lin. The day turned out decently considering that we were indoors for most of it. This might be the last year for a while for our annual pig roast. Our butcher says that the Canadian government is encouraging pig farmers to cull their stock to keep supply down. Apparently pork has been too cheap.
Little guys like the ones we get are now very hard to find. I might have to switch to beef…
August 16th, 2008 at 4:50 am
a little rain never killed anyone…unless it’s a thunderstorm and pple are swimming in a pool! gosh! but from the photos, it looks like it turned out just fine. you must have not had the turnout you expected tho, eh? so you must have had loooots of left overs. you’ll be eating pig for a month i bet
sorry we couldn’t be there. you know no rain or thunder would have kept us away!
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August 16th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Actually we had a good turnout. I expected more people to cancel, but nearly everyone decided to brave the weather and the drive.
August 16th, 2008 at 11:04 pm
The pig was quite tasty
and the rain made it quite fun! Your home is beautiful Peri!!
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August 17th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
I’m trying to figure out how the rain made it fun for you…? It was a pleasure to have you and your guest over. Hope you’ll make the drive up again one day.
August 19th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
I’d be glad to make that drive again one day, just give me a reason to! I love driving so the distance is never a problem for me (gas prices might be but the actual act of driving is a dream). Rain is always fun
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August 27th, 2008 at 8:48 am
I have no love for them but Jimmy the frog looks quite cute actually.
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August 28th, 2008 at 6:19 am
He is really cute. The problem is that now we have so many in the pool that look like him, we’re not sure which one he is anymore.