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In reply to the discussion: So is a new trend? (IMAGE WARNING: ROASTING PIG) [View all]jmowreader
(50,567 posts)To thank the troops for all their hard work beating the shit out of the Iraqi Army in the Gulf War, either US Army Europe or Department of the Army (I forget, but that's okay - the funding source is not crucial to this story) gave every unit $20 per person to spend on a massive Fourth of July blowout. They stuck me in charge of setting up a huge, 12-hour-long so our day shift - we ran 24/7 operations - could eat when they got off work, cookout for 900 people. Short summary: it was great, everyone loved it, and we actually came in under budget.
One of the people on the party committee was from Hawaii and decided our cookout would not be complete without a couple of roasted pigs. "Yeah...if you can find someone in Berlin that'll sell us whole pigs, go for it." He and two Californians got two pigs and stayed up all night before the party cooking and drinking a case of beer apiece. The pigs finished the night in great shape. Our operators were a different story.