Numbah Five day of Christmas, my tutu give to me

Five beeg fat peeg...

foah flowah lei, tree dry squid, two coconut...

An' one mynah bird in one papaya tree.

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Kalua Pig is by far the main course in a traditional Hawaiian Luau feast. The term "Kalua" means to be cooked underground in an 'imu' which is a cooking place. The Imu is a big ditch dug about a foot underground and filled with hot coals. Then a pig is placed inside wrapped and covered in banana leaves. There the heat insulates but never burns the pig as the banana leaves are filled with water. It cooks with a rocky flavor and is quite delicious.

Now the whole pig could be cooked, or just parts of it (such as the shoulder, butt, or leg) which is then wrapped in Ti leaves and cooked the same way.

Many companies have tried to imitate the flavor of Kalua pig but it is NEVER taste the same as the only way to attain this original flavor isn't by some fancy spice or sauce, but by using the porks natural flavor with sea-salt and cooked in an Imu.

Here you can try to cook your own version, though it isn't traditional, it still tastes pretty good.

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In addition to the holidays, Lechon is a prepared roast pork in the Philippines that is a suckling pig served with lemon, vinegar, and sauce.

(Apparently when searching for images of five pigs, I came across lechon instead of Kalua pork)