The current economic trends have forced people to incline to the traditional foods that appeal to be much healthier and cheap as compared to modern foods. Food as it is said is happiness to mans stomach, so has it proved too difficult to put on the table by a large percentage of individuals. Many of the people today have resulted to the need of cost-sharing whereby few individuals come together with an aim of raising money which later is used for collective food buying. This practice has had its practice in the midlands where hog roasting is being practiced widely. Gatherings such as wedding feasts, funerals, Christmas feasts among others have been used to cut these expenses. The procedures of hog roasts in the Midlands meals entails preparation of a young pig usually 12 months old. The pigs are cooked to a tender mode and then roasted over a hot barbecue burner. The roasting removes excessive fats contents in the meat making it absorb the salting in the required quantities while simmering under low heats. The hog roasts have of age made it a social gathering for different people to come together and share a common goal.