Pigs have willies like corkscrews.
This is something that many of us learn in childhood and then, no doubt for all sorts of jolly healthy reasons, go on to forget.
But I was reminded of it in - ahem - a big way during my last visit to Helen’s farm.
She and her husband Sam have been raising pigs for a long, long time. There’s almost nothing they don’t know about pigs and, crucially, how to take the very best care of them.
Sam explained to me that the reason for the corkscrew effect - up to 7 different turns when, er, in full effect - is to help navigate the sow’s cervix and ensure successful mating.
I mention this because each time one of us visits one of our pork producers, we’re blown away by their knowledge of, and frankly love for, their pigs.
Just look at this picture that Andrew sent us on Friday of his pigs living their best Devonian lives - with a sea view to boot.
The first time we went, I worried about whether seeing the pigs up close would put me off eating them.
The truth is that they’re so happy, and living such free lives, that it had the opposite effect.
Take a look at Mollie’s beautiful little film here.
I totally respect folk who don’t eat meat. Ella, Wylde’s co-founder, is one of them. But if you’re going to eat pigs, you’ll struggle to find happier ones than this.
Anyway, I’m off to start prepping Sunday lunch. Roast pork, since you ask - with a glass or two of Chris and Amber's white, which, like all their wines, comes in a box.
No corkscrew required.
Nick