The breed is best known for the famous Mangalica, but other local varieties also exist.
Key characteristics: Robust, well-adapted to extensive farming (pastures, forests).
High-fat meat of very high quality, ideal for making cured ham, kolbász, and bacon (e.g., the famous Kulen sausage from Slavonia/Szerémség).
Usually black or black-and-white spotted (unlike the curly-haired blond/red/black-and-white Mangalica).
Nowadays, it is mainly kept in small numbers in Croatia (Crna Slavonska svinja = Black Slavonian pig) and in Hungary as a rare landrace.
In short: an old, high-fat landrace pig from the Szerémség region, with excellent meat for traditional cured meats.
It was nearly extinct but is now slowly making a comeback among small-scale and organic farmers.
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