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What to do with a whole pig?
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Penelope_Penguin
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As some of you know, we've been keeping a pig for the last few months, and she'll be off for her journey from her acorn-field to our freezer in the next couple of weeks.
The carcase can be butchered to our requirements - anyone else who's bought a whole or section of a pig - what cuts should we ask for
I'm going to ask for the liver (to make casserole and pate) and the trotters (to make jelly for raised pies). As it's a busy time of year, we're going to ask for half the shoulder and belly to be made into pork sausages, and use some of the rest to make our own speciality sausages (such as pork and cranberry for the festive season :j ).
TIA, Penny. x
The carcase can be butchered to our requirements - anyone else who's bought a whole or section of a pig - what cuts should we ask for
I'm going to ask for the liver (to make casserole and pate) and the trotters (to make jelly for raised pies). As it's a busy time of year, we're going to ask for half the shoulder and belly to be made into pork sausages, and use some of the rest to make our own speciality sausages (such as pork and cranberry for the festive season :j ).
TIA, Penny. x
:rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:
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Poor little piggy
she looks so happy.
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I've got no suggestions Pen but you've broken my heart posting a picture of her on here
Whilst I am a meat eater there is no way I could rear and eat my own animal produce........I'd get too attached
I have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it'll be with a knife
Louise Brooks
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Yeah I'm the same, I'd want to keep it as a pet and never eat it!Dogs and Cats are better than kids because they eat less, don't ask for money... and if they get pregnant, you can sell their children!0
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Awww she looks so cute.
SAVE THE PIG!!!!!I hate migraines.0 -
Yes she looks so happy. Poor piggy
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Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over and through me. When it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
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Sorry - are you all vegans
I'll remove her pic (and post it on the Flylady thread if anyone wants to look).
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Penelope_Penguin wrote: »Sorry - are you all vegans
I'll remove her pic (and post it on the Flylady thread if anyone wants to look).
Penny. x
Awwww Pen no one is having a go just a bit of banter. No need to remove the pic xxI have a gift for enraging people, but if I ever bore you it'll be with a knife Louise Brooks
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I'm not vegan, just had a bacon butty in fact...but it didn't trot happily up to meet me yesterday if you know what I mean
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I have seen your pig......share her out Pen Pen:D:jPenelope_Penguin wrote: »Sorry - are you all vegans
I'll remove her pic (and post it on the Flylady thread if anyone wants to look).
Penny. x
can I have her cheeks?:p:heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls0 -
Bitsy_Beans wrote: »Awwww Pen no one is having a go just a bit of banter.
I know you're not having a go :A It's just that I asked a serious Old Style question, and the thread if filling up with chat that doesn't answer it
I'm not vegan, just had a bacon butty in fact...but it didn't trot happily up to meet me yesterday if you know what I mean
No, sorry, don't know what you mean You're happy to eat meat, but not able to connect that with what was a living, breathing animal
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