Meat the Mangalista Pig!

I spent the day out at one of the largest heritage hog farms in the US. Ken Kehrli is a hog farmer in Iowa. On his farm all of the pigs have free access to indoor and outdoor living. He grows the corn and soy on site for the feed, and doesn't use any hormones, antibiotics or growth promoters.

He has a lot of Berkshire pigs:

This is a flavorful pig bred to have short muscle fibers which make it naturally tenderer. They have more fat then most factory pigs but are still well short of a pig bred for lard. This is one of the most popular heritage breed pigs, showing up on menus around the world.  While a factory farm pig has reached maturity at 6 months of age, a Berkshire takes 8 - 9 months to mature to slaughter weight.

Restaurant Review: Honeypie (Milwaukee)

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I'm a terrible photographer, I'll admit that upfront. I  get so excited about a tantalizing plate of food that appears in front of me that I'm scraping the plate clean before I grab my phone with greasy fingers... I'm not necessarily a bad photographer, I'm a bad taker of pictures, and a bad photographer.

This happened to me a Honeypie. I have took no pictures of the food I ate. I am a failure both as a food blogger and as an Asian person.

Honeypie is in the Bayview neighborhood of Milwaukee. I went for pie, but got so much more then that.

PORK!