An Old Breed of Hungarian Pig Is Back in Favor

[lsanderson]

By MICHAEL S. SANDERS
Published: March 26, 2009
Emod Istvánmajor, Hungary
Mangalitsa pigs.

IN THE UNITED STATES, TOO Juan Vicente Olmos Llorente, above, takes the meat of curly-haired Hungarian Mangalitsa pigs and finishes it in Spain.

LIKE style on the runway, style for pigs is changeable. With their abundant fat, the curly-haired Mangalitsa pigs of Hungary were all the rage a century ago. But as time went on, they became has-beens. More

Comments

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

Zsa Zsa?

[mia-mcdavid.livejournal.com]

I've heard about these--I want to try spinning the fleece!

[pameladean]

You can't fool me. That is a sheep/pig hybrid.

P.