Two little piggies will not become Christmas Eve roast pork thanks to a holiday pardon they received from a Florida mayor
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and restaurant owner Eric Castellanos feed 4-month-old pigs Glinda and Elphaba in Miami before Levine Cava issued ceremonial pardons Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, sparing the pigs from being barbecued during Cuban Americans' Christmas Eve feast known as"nochebuena.
If not for the pardons, they could have joined the thousands of their kind that will be barbecued whole on Tuesday in underground pits, on spits or in special metal boxes by families in Cuba, South Florida and elsewhere. They will become the “lechon asado” served during Nochebuena dinners. Eric Castellanos, the Latin Cafe 2000's owner, said the event started out as a joke among staff after seeing a news story about the presidential Thanksgiving pardon, “because we really don't eat turkey here in Miami. We eat pork.”
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