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Farmer John Whole Pork Leg Delivery or Pickup

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FAQs about whole pork legs

It depends on how you roast it. If you have a large enough oven, you can roast it at 350°F in 5-6 hours. Some people bury the whole pig leg and roast it for 6-10 hours. A popular American style is to slow-roast a whole pig leg over an open flame. Using low heat for up to eight hours will give you a tender, juicy result.

Yes, the skin is edible. However, the skin is thick and chewy and requires unique cooking to make it delicious. The skin needs to be roasted crisp. Crackling is a common type of pork skin peeled away from the flesh, salted, and roasted until it's crisp. You can also deep-fry the pork skin.

You can if you have the right tool because the leg bone is difficult to cut through. Even the sharpest knife won't cut through the leg bone of a pig. Most butchers use powerful electric band saws that make this quick and easy. If you don't have an electric band saw for cutting meat, you can use a hacksaw and cut it by hand, but this doesn't result in smooth cuts.