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Black pigs, sobrasada and the Mallorca tourists never see

Biel Oliver and his daughter Xisca among carob trees with black pigs in Porreres

Draft. This piece will go to Porreres, in the middle of Mallorca, to meet Xisca and Biel Oliver and the black pigs they raise among the carob trees and holm oaks.

Black Mallorcan pigs roaming under carob and almond trees in Porreres

It will explain what makes black pig sobrasada different and how to eat it: warmed through on bread, or with a little honey.

Algaida villagers queue at the bakery on a market Sunday

It will close with the inland island the tourists do not see: the almond fields, the dry-stone walls and the people still working them.

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