Nestor's Chancho

This weekend our friend Nestor decided to cook a chancho (Chilean pig) in the ground by our house for his birthday. Nestor is also named Isaac, and is from Venezuela, but his family lives in Mexico. He is a man of many identities. Nestor/Isaac is an intern from BYU-I and is here with his American wife Sonja and new baby who is also named Nestor (just to make it more confusing) for a few months.

 So you may be wondering how one cooks a pig in the ground. First you get a really big tractor and dig a big hole in the ground. Then you build a fire and if you are Nestor you pour lots of gas on it.

Then you tell a funny story about an owl flying out from a tree right behind you while you were hunting and you were so scared that you almost pooped your pants.

Then you fan the fire and get it really, really hot.

 

Then you wait for a long time.
 

When the fire has burned down and the coals are good and hot, you put the chunks of chancho in the ground with some moisture and cover it with something like tin. Finally you put dirt on top.

The next day you uncover the hole and you have a cooked pig!

We didn't get pictures of the lunch Nestor had because the camera battery was dead and sometimes a girl just wants to sit and eat pig cooked in the ground, but he invited a lot of employees from the farm and it was quite the fiesta. Thanks Nestor!