I needed some teeth to experiment on, so this morning I collected my pig’s head and took out its teeth.

I got it from Wellbeloved butchers shop in Deptford (which is probably the best butchers shop in the world)

He looks happy. Little does he know…

The butcher removed the ears and cheeks for me.

I took off the snout and as much of the soft bits as I could and into the oven he went with a load of water and covered in tin foil. Pigs have very fat heads.

Once he’d been in there for about 4 hours the rest of the meaty stuff pretty much fell off, apart from the eyes and snouty bits which were pulled out with a fork.

The front teeth came out really easily but the rest needed boiling before they could be wiggled out with a pair of pliers.

After a bit of scraping and pulling and scrubbing… Voila!

Pig skull and teeth…