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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A hog.
  • noun (Geol.) a name given to certain strata belonging to the earliest Eocene. They are developed in Northwestern New Mexico, along the Rio Puerco, and are characterized by their mammalian remains.

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Examples

  • In Mexico, Johnny Depp’s Agent Sands character fixates on a slow-roasted pork dish called puerco pibil.

    Robert Rodriguez, cooler than you, part II: 10-Minute Cooking School « The Retort 2009

  • Mazatlan and area carniceros cover the meat with Leche Clavel and salt before putting it in the hot oil to make carnitas de puerco.

    Carnitas Knowledge?? 2009

  • Mazatlan and area carniceros cover the meat with Leche Clavel and salt before putting it in the hot oil to make carnitas de puerco.

    Carnitas Knowledge?? 2009

  • We are also famous for frijol con puerco with black beans.

    Musical fruit 2009

  • Point being that this woman and her husband put nice cut pieces of puerco along with all the other ingredients in this red sopa and it was delicious.

    Patzcuaro Bonito! 2009

  • I use it especially with unbreaded cuts for milanesa, pierna de puerco, pulpa de res, and piezas de pollo, and my own homemade jerky.

    Another wonderful meal, muy mexicana 2009

  • Lots of wimpy cooks around here -- especially Mexican-Americans across the river in Del Rio -- also prepare a bland, thin version of pozole using a whole chicken or pierna de puerco instead of pig's head and feet.

    Menudo or Pozole? 2009

  • Midway down this very long Mercado path with vendors on both sides, I ran into this gray haired older man and his wife chopping away feverishly on cebollas, ajo, and limones for the delicious caldo con maize y pedazos de puerco con cilantro y oregano.

    Patzcuaro Bonito! 2009

  • We are also famous for frijol con puerco with black beans.

    Musical fruit 2009

  • Quote caldo con maize y pedazos de puerco con cilantro y oregano

    Patzcuaro Bonito! 2009

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