Hehe, I used to love everything about Mangalitsa, except one thing. Cleaning their pen. As a 10-14 yr old I was often tasked with that chore...
Growing up in an area of Europe behind the iron curtain, most people had to do whatever to keep alive as portions were scarce.
Luckily we lived in a mostly German inhabited area with a fairly large "backyard". MOst people grew whatever animals they liked. We lived next door to my grandparents so we had a sizable yard.
We had 3-4 pigs every year, chickens, 35-40 rabbits, ducks, some turkey.....
I learned to appreciate different cuts of meat. Especially duck liver from ducks my grandma raised. They always lined up to be force fed.....
Of course we all made our obligatory sausages, salamis, ham, storing them in the attic after smoking them using Beech. Never heard of nitrates either
Some of these things I remember fondly, others less so LOL.
Thanks again for the tip. I may go with pecan as I really like that