INTERNATIONAL PORK DAY 2023 : Ooh La Loire

Pork is a firm favourite of ours, in all its many guises, as our long list of Pork recipes is testament to.

Simon and Caitlin in Australia are also big fans, and so it was May 27th 2010 they were touring Europe, and Monkvalley, and we had this delicious Roast Belly Pork together……Look at the crackling on that

and there it was International Pork Day was born. 27th May 2010.

Each year we celebrate by preparing new Pork recipes. Simon and Caitlin often go down the Asian route, Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese etc etc, they are so close to a giant Asian indoor market, the food is wonderful, for a foodie like me its a dream place to visit.

Maybe one year we can share the day together. Meanwhile its a chat on WhatsApp or FaceTime.

2023 will be the 13th occasion we have done this, and, we feel duty bound to spread the word about this celebration of all things Pork.

CASSOULET

ROAST HOISIN PORK SHOULDER

PAN FRIED PORK CHOPS WITH CAPER AND SOT BUTTER SAUCE

DAEGI BULGOGI. SPICY KOREAN PORK

QUINCE AND POMERGRANATE GLAZED PORK

BRAISED PORK CHEEKS WITH PORT

PORK PIE

TOULOUSE SAUSAGE WITH LENTILS

BANGERS AND MASH

BOUDOIR NOIR

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2 Comments

Caitlin Keating says:

May 27, 2020 at 21:50

Here’s to IPD! X

Zeb Jones says:

May 30, 2023 at 08:41

Love the crackling. I love all these pork recipes. I’m going to try them one by one..

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