A sucking-pig or suckling pig is a piglet fed on its mother's milk. In culinary contexts, a sucking-pig is slaughtered before the end of its second month. Celebrated since Greek and Roman times, it is
Slaughtered piglets in Madrid market
Roast sucking-pigs, Segovia, Spain
Sucking-pig served at St John restaurant, London
Northern Italian barbecue
A pig roast or hog roast is an event or gathering which involves the barbecuing of a whole pig. Pig roasts, under a variety of names, are a common traditional celebration event in many places includin
Suckling pig
…Native ingredients unique to the Filipino lechón include stuffing like lemongrass, batuan fruits, and citrus or tamarind leaves. The meaning of "lechón" in Filipino has diverged from the original Spanish to become an umbrella term for "roasted pig" and spit-roasted dishes in general (otherwise known as inihaw or…
A pig roasting on a rotating spit in the United States. Note hot coals off to the side and a drip pan underneath. It is basted with a mixture of salt and beer.
Filipino lechón being roasted in one of the lechón stores in La Loma, Quezon City, Philippines
Typical traditional noche buena (Christmas Eve) meal in the Philippines, with a lechón as the centerpiece