After being around agriculture all of my life, I didn’t think there was too much out there to surprise me, but such is the case with Mangalitsa pigs. These pigs have a few unique characteristics – they are covered in wool, much like a sheep has, and once the pigs are harvested you discover exquisitely marbled meat and pure white fat or lard.
Fat pigs with wool coats? Call them Mangalitsa
Some of the pigs at Donn Nelson’s. The big curly pig is a purebred Mangalitsa boar. Photo by Dale Hildebrant
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