Yep !goose eye wrote:Lard don't need no refrigeration.
Mostly ole boys got lard stands.
Got to be snowy white or ma wouldn't have
it.
Still favor old hickory over them new ss knifes
takes more sharpen . Guess its what you was raised on. Once you got all the fat off
for lard then cook the skins.
If you got bad teeth stay away from em.
So I'm tole
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SCD , you are SOOOO FUCKED ............ You are so rednecked beyond recovery that nobody can ever change you , THAT IS A GOOD THING !
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Since I started making jowl bacon my breakfast frying pan hasn't had an oz of oil or fat added to it. It gets raided for other recipes when it gets a bit deep. Smokey jowl bacon and ducks eggs for breakfast is the duck's nuts in my kitchen at this time of year.
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Little Bobby Que. Caught this in a hog trap and put a couple rings in his nose. Somebodys escaped domestic. Soon as his nuts drop ill post pics of how to cut a pig.
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Little Bobby Que. Caught this in a hog trap and put a couple rings in his nose. Somebodys escaped domestic. Soon as his nuts drop ill post pics of how to cut a pig.
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Lol,I always based my castration on one simple principal...which would I prefer, sharp knife and instant or rubber band and a few days. Hands down sharp knife!
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jb-texshine wrote:Lol,I always based my castration on one simple principal...which would I prefer, sharp knife and instant or rubber band and a few days. Hands down sharp knife!
ive never actually thought about my own castration
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Also , it's not hard to count to 2 . You are sure the job is done .jb-texshine wrote:Lol,I always based my castration on one simple principal...which would I prefer, sharp knife and instant or rubber band and a few days. Hands down sharp knife!
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The next best thing besides a whole pig in your freezer is a 1/4 beef!
150 lbs of Holstein goodness
90 lbs of ground beef, 60 lbs of porterhouse, ribeye, prime rib, and Chuck roast (and a few random cuts).
Thanks Jed for dinner, tonight, tomorrow, next month....
150 lbs of Holstein goodness
90 lbs of ground beef, 60 lbs of porterhouse, ribeye, prime rib, and Chuck roast (and a few random cuts).
Thanks Jed for dinner, tonight, tomorrow, next month....
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Have never done a hog before only a couple pig roasts. Nothing better. Smoke all my on bacon. Make Canadian bacon with venison. Cut up all my own venison and raise 60 to 80 meat chickens and process them. Even built a chicken plucker. Takes thirty seconds when dropped in barrel. Also does turkeys. Just butchered 5 of them. We try to grow all our own vegetables and can everything. I will say a chicken you raise versus store bought no comparison. And if anyone's interested in a book on how to build a plucker I have one
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I know how you feel. Just put a 468 lb hanging half weight in the freezer. Gotta get to eatin so theres room for the fall pig.ShineonCrazyDiamond wrote:The next best thing besides a whole pig in your freezer is a 1/4 beef!
150 lbs of Holstein goodness
90 lbs of ground beef, 60 lbs of porterhouse, ribeye, prime rib, and Chuck roast (and a few random cuts).
Thanks Jed for dinner, tonight, tomorrow, next month....
Re: taking a pig from the barn to the table.
Very cool discussion. Timely too as I've just released "Bacon & Eggs' - two seven week old piglets into their pasture for the summer. Their job is to clear the future vineyard before becoming dinner. This is the first year we've done pigs. They are a neat animal and fun to work with - I'll do them again next year for sure.
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Youngest boy turns 21 in june. He already requested a smoked stuffed beef heart wrapped in bacon for his party. Gonna have to do 2 i believe.
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Imagine , if you can , 8 Yorkshire sows with well over a hundred piglets free ranging on 60 acres of cow pasture all day long . Every cow patty turned and all the grubs eaten . Rough weeds nipped while they were still tender .glenlyon wrote:Very cool discussion. Timely too as I've just released "Bacon & Eggs' - two seven week old piglets into their pasture for the summer. Their job is to clear the future vineyard before becoming dinner. This is the first year we've done pigs. They are a neat animal and fun to work with - I'll do them again next year for sure.
The sows knew the sound of my dad's '48 Ford 3/4 ton when he turned off the main road up the holler . A white wave would run across the pasture to the pens because they knew it was feeding time .
Always loved keeping pigs .
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I dont know nothin bout no hogs LOL
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Make sure the babies arrive safely
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Great thread, nothin' but jealousy here !!! The "pig bomb" hasn't reached Idaho yet so there's no feral hogs to shoot. I've done rabbits, chickens, goat and deer but would sure like to add hog to my repertoire.
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Rumor has it there are some in SW PA. Would love to do a hog hunt some day. A co-worker did a night hunt in Alabama, outfitter supplied guns w/night vision. They told him shoot every pig that came into scope.
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truth be knownsltm1 wrote:Great thread, nothin' but jealousy here !!! The "pig bomb" hasn't reached Idaho yet so there's no feral hogs to shoot. I've done rabbits, chickens, goat and deer but would sure like to add hog to my repertoire.
You do not want the filthy basturds to find out where you live
they will root up everything, and kill all the local critters
be thankful thy have not made it o your area
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Holstein? Haha. A regional choice, no doubt.ShineonCrazyDiamond wrote:The next best thing besides a whole pig in your freezer is a 1/4 beef!
150 lbs of Holstein goodness
90 lbs of ground beef, 60 lbs of porterhouse, ribeye, prime rib, and Chuck roast (and a few random cuts).
Thanks Jed for dinner, tonight, tomorrow, next month....
Most city folks think certified angus, grass fed, Hereford, or the like. Holstein is just right, especially in those ratios. It is all about what that calf costs, and it is not an uncommon event for a male Holstein to be an efficient beef producer for a family. God bless the diamonds.
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Folks do not often realize the predatory nature of these animals. Nor do they realize they are an opposable thumb away from being a peer. Hogs are smart and able.frodo wrote:truth be knownsltm1 wrote:Great thread, nothin' but jealousy here !!! The "pig bomb" hasn't reached Idaho yet so there's no feral hogs to shoot. I've done rabbits, chickens, goat and deer but would sure like to add hog to my repertoire.
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they will root up everything, and kill all the local critters
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we made the mistake of killing one inside a hog trap.Hank Reardon wrote:Folks do not often realize the predatory nature of these animals. Nor do they realize they are an opposable thumb away from being a peer. Hogs are smart and able.frodo wrote:truth be knownsltm1 wrote:Great thread, nothin' but jealousy here !!! The "pig bomb" hasn't reached Idaho yet so there's no feral hogs to shoot. I've done rabbits, chickens, goat and deer but would sure like to add hog to my repertoire.
You do not want the filthy basturds to find out where you live
they will root up everything, and kill all the local critters
be thankful thy have not made it o your area
no hogs would enter that trap after that
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I've been watching the news, that's why I called it a "Pig Bomb" (exponential population growth on the horizon), and yeah, the other side of the state would be my choice.
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Kurdistan news 24 last week had a story about a herd of hogs killin 3 daesh.
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Karma , wasn't itgoose eye wrote:Kurdistan news 24 last week had a story about a herd of hogs killin 3 daesh.
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I heard about that...could there be more poetic justice???!!!!
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This thread is a good one, very informative. I've been enjoying my beef and looking forward to my pig. Looking forward to adding a deer and maybe a turkey or two to an already overfilled freezer this fall . Thanks Jed for letting me observe and ask questions while you work. The after parties aren't half bad either .
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One of the things I so look forward to every fall is pig butchering. We do everything old school, nothing goes to waste. Its alot of work, but definately worth it.
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I try to support brothers . I got a nephew that kills and grills .
Jed is doing it all and I am thinking of moving my business to him for anything other than parties .
Main thing is that Jed knows who is bringing in what he is butchering . How they raised the animal and how it was tended . Jed ain't the big box grocery store 'take what I got or do without' .
In fact , Jed may know the first name of the critter he is preppin for you .
I think that those of us who can should start contracting with Jed to enable him to plan long range .
How far would you drive to get the benefit of a craftsman ?
5 hours each way for me and worth every minute of it .
Jed is doing it all and I am thinking of moving my business to him for anything other than parties .
Main thing is that Jed knows who is bringing in what he is butchering . How they raised the animal and how it was tended . Jed ain't the big box grocery store 'take what I got or do without' .
In fact , Jed may know the first name of the critter he is preppin for you .
I think that those of us who can should start contracting with Jed to enable him to plan long range .
How far would you drive to get the benefit of a craftsman ?
5 hours each way for me and worth every minute of it .
If you ain't the lead dog in the team , the scenery never changes . Ga Flatwoods made my avatar and I want to thank him for that .
Don't drink water , fish fornicate in it .
Don't drink water , fish fornicate in it .