643572 Mon Aug 10 15:00:28 -0700 2009 14 2 Los Angeles Area 0 4934324 Hi everyone, and thanks for your help. I am trying to find a GOOD butcher in the LA area where I could buy a whole pig for roasting, feeding about 50-60 people (not a suckling). I can get one in SF and drive it down, but what a pain ! Surely there must be a place in the LA area. In SF I can get a free range, heritage pig, but I may have to settle for just any whole pig here. Any ideas ? Mon Aug 10 15:00:28 -0700 2009 1100673 mendogurl 1 4934343 Where are you in L.A? Try Harvey Guss or Marconda's, both in the Mid City area. Also a previous thread from last month http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/635412 Mon Aug 10 15:09:45 -0700 2009 4934324 10023 Professor Salt 2 4934401 I'm in Pasadena, but anywhere in the greater Los angeles area is a shorter drive than San Francisco. Thanks, I will try your suggestions. Mon Aug 10 15:24:08 -0700 2009 4934343 1100673 mendogurl 3 4935343 If you're willing to shop around I'm sure any Asian market like a 99 Ranch Market can get you one. I see them unloading pigs at these markets all the time. Mon Aug 10 21:14:17 -0700 2009 4934401 11914 monku 1 4934481 Try one of the bigger Mexican Super Markets out your way. Heck, call Claro's Italian Deli, they do their own sausage and stuff, ask if they can get you a pig? Mon Aug 10 15:57:57 -0700 2009 4934324 11279 Burger Boy 1 4934556 Many years back, we hosted a chowhound fundraiser at which we roasted a whole pig in a caja china. At Ruskar's suggestion, we got the pig at Broadleaf Meat and Game in Vernon. Their website is here: http://www.broadleafgame.com . The pig was superb, and Broadleaf got us exactly what we wanted at a great price. We did need to order in advance, however. Hope this is of some help. Mon Aug 10 16:22:36 -0700 2009 4934324 10134 David Kahn 2 4934595 I have fond memories of that event and the crispy skin to die for. Did the pictures ever get posted somewhere? Mon Aug 10 16:34:40 -0700 2009 4934556 14405 TomSwift 3 4935020 I posted them on Yahoo Photos, which Yahoo eliminated after they bought Flickr. So sadly, the online archive is gone. David, does Broadleaf sell to the public, or does one need to have a hookup with one of Broadleaf's acccounts? Mon Aug 10 18:53:32 -0700 2009 4934595 10023 Professor Salt 2 4934651 direct link to the whole pig: http://www.broadleafgame.com/component/option,com_geda/Itemid,77/ Mon Aug 10 16:52:35 -0700 2009 4934556 10704 wilafur 2 4937927 I'll never forget that pig, or your generosity in putting that terrific event together. Thanks, again. Tue Aug 11 16:18:35 -0700 2009 4934556 10240 Bob Brooks 2 4939694 The Chowhound Team split a question about using La Caja China pig roaster to the Home Cooking board. If you have tips you'd like to share, please follow here http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/644079# Wed Aug 12 08:54:22 -0700 2009 4934556 2 The Chowhound Team 1 4934756 Another Place to consider is the Cal Poly Meat Science and Processing Lab. These are animals which are raised by the students at Cal Poly Pomona. You can get cuts of Meat from the Farm store on Campus but for large orders of Beef and Pork, contact them directly http://www.csupomona.edu/~meatlab/ California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Meat Science & Processing, Bldg. #34 3801 W. Temple Blvd. Pomona, CA 91768 (909) 869-2143 Mon Aug 10 17:30:28 -0700 2009 4934324 12588 Mattapoisett in LA 2 4939349 Oh, that is an awesome resource. I wonder if they would "process" my chickens? Wed Aug 12 07:29:33 -0700 2009 4934756 1100673 mendogurl 3 4939548 I don't know. If you find out, post the answer. Wed Aug 12 08:20:30 -0700 2009 4939349 12588 Mattapoisett in LA 1 4935468 Also try Harmony Farms in La Crescenta. Just call first http://www.harmonyfarmsonline.com/ Mon Aug 10 23:25:12 -0700 2009 4934324 108283 brunello