Uh, oh, Skokie no longer kosher....

Cooking oil and pig by-products were slathered across the road, turning the outbound Edens Expressway (I-94) into a "parking lot" and creating tough conditions for cleaning crews Sunday morning near the northwest suburbs.

A three-axle truck carrying pig feet, pig ears and a solution of grease overturned on the outbound Edens at Dempster Street in Skokie about 7:45 a.m., according to Illinois Department of Transportation spokesman Mike Claffey.

It appears the truck was entering the Edens on the Dempster Street ramp when the load shifted in the back of the truck, causing it to tip over and spill its load across all three lanes, according to Claffey.

The spill created "very slippery conditions" for crews working to clean up the mess, Claffey said.

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