We spent a wonderful afternoon touring the verdant grounds of one of Texas' prime heritage breed pork farms a couple weeks ago. Eden's Cove Farm specializes in the ancient British hog strain "Large Black"; this breed is famous for its bacon. The bellies that come off the pig are prized for their excellence.

No less a luminary than Winston Churchill raised these pigs. The great man loved bacon and needed a daily rasher so he could attend to the affairs of the state. The Large Black pork belly fueled him in his pursuits.

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Eat heritage pork Sat Feb 9th at Tamale House East for our 8th Scrumptious Chef pop up restaurant event. We're proudly serving Eden's Cove "Large Black" British hog breed. The history of this vaunted strain below. Sign up via Event Brite http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5402663512/es2002/?rank

The History Of The Large Black Hog Breed aka Devon, Cornwall And Lop Eared Black:

The origins of the Large Black strain have been traced to Devon, Cornwall, Suffolk and Essex with historical antecedents stretching back to the Old English Hog of the 16th and 17th centuries. Merry old England has a long and storied history of bacon love and this breed is famous for producing some of the best.

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We're mapping out Scrumptious Chef Pop Up Restaurant number eight.

The theme is Heritage Pork. We'll be trying to make sainted Granddaddy Big Jim Sullivan proud as he was an old school-born at the beginning of the 20th century-hog farmer and rural charcuterie man.

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