What is a suckler pig?

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What is a suckler pig?

Answer 1

Suckling pig? A piglet that is still suckling his mother! A baby.

Answer 2

Gordon Brown.....

Answer 3

A suckling pig is a baby pig which has not yet been weened off it's mother's milk.

The words 'suckling pig' are also applied to a pig which is about or less than one year old, which has then been slaughtered and is roasted on a spit - served up as 'suckling pig'.  This pig has only ever fed on mothers' milk and is thus succulent and soft when cooked, roasted.

Roasting suckling pig

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The above was a common sight on the streets of London back in the 18th and 19thC's during London Fairs such as the May Fair held in West London in what has become Mayfair north of Piccadilly.

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Answer 4

A baby pig.

Answer 5

To suck or suckle implies nursing (sucking the teat) so a pig (or any creature that does that) is typically going to be a young one of its kind.

A baby suckling pig. ☺ (not yet weaned)

Answer 6

Delicious!