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pepper, a little garlic, savory herbs and
plenty of sour orange and - lime JUlce.
It should be very well done, evenly
browned and very crisp.
The oven should be moderately hot,
the pig basted and turned often.
It
takes from three to four honrs to have
it crisp.
A specialty really worth while and
not easily forgotten, particularly if eaten
on Christmas, when roast pig' is quite
as indispensable here as roast turkey
is in the North
CHRISTMAS EVE. (Noche Buena).
The merriest night in the year.
One is not supposed to go to bed at all
on the 24 th of December. The cafes
of Havana are ablaze of light, many
shops are open and the whole town seems
to have turned out for a holiday.
Most of the churches are open for
midnight mass, after which the famous
supper comes, corresponding to what in
France is called the
reveillon.
This supper has a classical menu,
to which other elements may be
added~
but I shall give you the original
sine
qua non.