Comments on: Craigie on Main: Whole Hog Dinner

By: Tony’s Top Ten Tips

Tony’s Top Ten Tips — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:55:34 +0000

[...] dinner, She Who Must Be Obeyed and I had dinner (menu here) on Craigie on Main, site of the Whole Hog Dinner. It has become a tradition with us, and besides, chef Tony Maws (or his customer database) had [...]

By: Bacon-Wrapped Swordfish

Bacon-Wrapped Swordfish — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:23:42 +0000

[...] whole roasted pig’s head was the correct choice to have made at the Whole Hog Dinner, but part of me has been wondering about the Guanciale-Wrapped Line-Caught Swordfish I passed up, [...]

By: Fergus Cooks a Pig’s head

Fergus Cooks a Pig’s head — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:59:54 +0000

[...] I described the Whole Hog Dinner to a curious He Who Must Not Be Ignored, he grew quite indignant: “You ate pig’s head [...]

By: David

David — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:34:05 +0000

They only served us half a head, and I;m sure Tony reserved the interesting stuff (brains, tongue) for his crew. That blogger need to learn that sweetbreads are thymus glands located in the throat, and not inside the head.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:02:43 +0000

But why settle for just half a head?

http://limeyg.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-eat-pigs-head.html

By: David

David — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:19:00 +0000

The heat had sealed it shut, so it looked like a cartilage-covered blob. If it still looked like an eye, I might have hesitated.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:09:01 +0000

Y0u ate the pig’s eye. Quite brave. To quote Jeff Rosen (Dylan’s manager), “You are a culinary Vasco da Gama.”