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What we hear or read about putting an apple in a roasted pig’s mouth are theorized, it is a tradition that dates back 800 years so they tell us. But there is no historical record where it all began, or in which culture. Nothing about culinary purpose either. The following are some theories / assertation - -pigs were fed apples to fatten them for fall harvest festivals -it’s a way to show the ‘cycle of life and death’ of a pig - dead or alive, it gets to “eat” apple -it is purely for aesthetics; an apple in mouth helps the roasted pig look nicer roasting pigs is a tradition in the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia usually for a function/festival a roasted pig is part meal and part decoration on the banquet table nowadays, a ball of aluminum foil is used during cooking, then replaced with an apple before serving Regardless, apple in pig mouth is much more iconic than apple in dog mouth. $PAPPLES