Comments on: Tis the season for gingerbread pigs

By: bali accommodation

bali accommodation — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:20:14 +0000

No i don’t eat this pig at all. But here in Bali we usually eat roasted pig. We usually called it Babi Guling with the spicy tasted.

By: Timeshare Relief

Timeshare Relief — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:16:24 +0000

Look at the color and the structure of the bread it looks so sweet. Gingerbread is one of my favorite.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:01:14 +0000

These are one of my favorite Mexican pastries (pan dulce).

By: Sheila

Sheila — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:54:28 +0000

Hi Multe Music and Kay,

Thanks for the feedback on a similar Scandinavian treat – wonder what it is about pigs that makes people decide to make sweets out of them.

By: Kay

Kay — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:19:50 +0000

We had some Danish friends who did the “find the almond” to win marzipan, but I don’t think it was a pig. Of course, they always served so much wine at their dinners that it’s a miracle I can remember the marzipan part at all!

By: Multe Music

Multe Music — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:20:04 +0000

There are pigs in Scandinavian traditions, too, but ours are usually made of marzipan. And you “win” a marzipan pig if you are the lucky person at the Christmas meal to find a whole (unshelled) almond at the bottom of your porridge.