We’re busy taking plenty of bookings for the spring and summer seasons but while presently in the midst of the coldest season of the year, we’re still offering our popular winter warmer menu here at hog roast Overtown. That’s just what our regular customer Jude ordered for his 40th birthday celebration this last weekend, where his friends and family would feast upon fresh hog roast, crackling, seasonal vegetables, and potatoes, all smothered in our homemade onion gravy and accompanied by our homemade apple sauce and stuffing.
When Jude called us to book us for our famous pigs in buns that he often orders for private parties at home and at his business premises too, he mentioned the chilly weather and we asked him if he fancied a winter warmer for a change. Hot, fresh, comfort food can warm your guests up from the inside out, not least when it’s quality, local meat that’s been cooked right in front of you, and is then served at the optimum temperature, once the outside is golden brown and the inside of the meat is so tender that the carving knife slips right through. By telling him about this, we easily twisted Jude’s arm for his birthday party and he selected a hog roast Overtown winter warmer (though you can opt for a spit-roasted meat instead if preferred), as well as a tray of carrots, mixed peppers and onions to be roasted fresh alongside new potatoes with a herb butter.
On the day of Jude’s 40th, we arrived in the afternoon to start roasting the hog for a few hours before a late tea service. The venue was his home, and we set up in the large back garden, glad for the outdoor heaters already turned on when we got there on this cool day. However, you tend up to warm up fairly quickly when cooking a hog roast Overtown as it emits lots of heat.
Sometime later, once the hog had been cooking away slowly but surely, it was time to get the fresh veggies and potatoes washed, chopped and added to the hog roasting machine, too. By 6 p.m. all the guests had arrived and we were soon brandishing the carving knives and slicing off the lovely crackling before digging into the lovely meat, ready to fill lots of hungry tummies.