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Event Fri Apr 24 2009
Pre-Industrial Pig
When I got word of the Underground Food Collective's Pre-Industrial Pig Dinner that will unfold tomorrow night, I thought about a trip I took once to Old World Wisconsin, a living history museum nestled in the center of the Badger State. On a blistering August day, I watched a staff of men in awkward 19th century clothing do the backbreaking daily operations of a farmer as a cheery narrator rambled on about milking cows and baling hay. I was glad that the only thing I had to do was watch their pre-industrial struggle as I sipped my post-industrial (?) Diet Coke.
Times have changed, but the farming technique and sentiment remains; Saturday's dinner centerpiece is pork from four Red Waddles that were humanely raised at a Wisconsin farm. Tickets are $65. Event begins at 7pm Saturday at a private home in Ukrainian Village (address will be provided with ticket purchase); RSVP required.
