Salt Cay Pig Roast

The pig selection committee takes their responsibility very seriously.

Want to have a special event that includes all the cultures who call Salt Cay home?

How about a pig roast?  
Island cultures consider it the ultimate event! 

You must have a "pig sitter" to  take care of the pig prior to its departure on the Salt Cay ferry.

Not an event to be taken lightly.  First it requires a trip to Grand Turk on the Salt Cay ferry and a visit to H.M. Prison when the selection team picks the perfect pig for the roast.  Then the pig travels to the dock with his own "pig sitter" to wait for the departure of the Salt Cay ferry.  There is the hour crossing and then the pig is transferred to North Beach where he is prepared for the roasting.

Slow roasting, turning by hand makes for a perfectly roasted pig.

There were the taste testers.

While this process is going on charcoal is being made, the spit prepared and the roasting rod procured from professional roasters in Grand Turk.

Apol the professional carver!

On another front the arrangements for Dwight's Salt Cay Rake & Scrape Band are being finalized and the Karaoke sound system is being fine tuned.

Dwight's (aka Stagerlee) Salt Cay Rake & Scrape Band Entertained.

There was juggling.

The kitchen at Porter's Island Thyme is busy preparing the roasted sweet potatoes with our unique blend of island spices,  Lolli is making her famous coleslaw with fresh pineapple and the fresh corn is being made ready.  Then there is the rum cake.

And it wouldn't be a party without Karaoke.

Now the pig is put in the spit and slowly roasted for 3 - 3/1/2 hours while it is turned by hand.  

Let the Party begin!

An Intern at Porter's Island Thyme.

Party Preparation Begins on Salt Cay

What a day!  It all takes me back to my childhood and memories on the farm in Kentucky.

The Party Planners...excitement is building!

Another Day in Paradise at HM Prison, Grand Turk.

Ah the choices were endless!

Thanks goes out to a lot of folks that made it happen, especially H.M. Prison in Grand Turk...the Salt Cay ferry crew...and all the cultures who call Salt Cay home.

What is all the commotion about?  The guys are planning what may prove to be the Party of the Summer and Fall Season.  September 22 is going to be the celebration of Apol's and Cossie's Birthday on Salt Cay's North Beach complete with a Pig Roast.  And as I now know for a proper pig roast you have to start with live pigs.  So that is what we did yesterday...and selection of the "proper" pig is not a task to be taken lightly!

Thanks to the folks at HM Prison in Grand Turk

On the way to the Salt Cay ferry.

Mark your calendar and plan to attend the Party September 22 on Salt Cay and enjoy roasted pig, Dominican and Filipino style with all the trimmings.