National Roast Suckling Pig Day

When Celebrated

Always on December 18th

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About the Holiday

National Roast Suckling Pig Day celebrates these two to six month old piglets, nine to twenty pounds, not yet weaned from their mothers. Thought to be a delicacy roast suckling pig dates back to ancient Rome and China mostly because it the crisp skin. Young pig meat is said to be extremely tender and sweet compared to older pigs. It's typically roasted, whole, with the head on.

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