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| 04-16-2015, 02:48 AM - 3 Likes | #16501 |
 Originally posted by RoxnDox  You use the rabbit-food sammich to attract the oinkers, bop *them* on the head with Velveeta, and there you are with a great mound of bacon. Just takes a wee bit of processing is all! Jim 😎 Of course the piglets didn't waste any time growing up to be hogs, which is exactly what mom wanted. Of course it was apparent that she hadn't anticipated just how destructive a couple of full grown swine can be. They continually got free from their pen to uproot everything in the garden and flowerbeds. But what was really interesting is how one day my Dad suddenly (well for me at least) announced that he and I had some work to do. Directing me to get ready to go out and do some work in the barn he grabbed his 30-06 rifle and down to the barn we went. I remember thinking it was odd that we were going to work in the barn with a rifle. Well I soon found out there was definitely going to be some work to do. There was an A-frame set up with a chainfall, a barrel of water set beneath it over a fire. Turns out Dad had been notified that he was going kill and butcher the hogs. Apparently he and Mom had never discussed this arrangement when the animals were accumulating. It was also clear that even though it appeared he was ready, Dad had not worked out every detail. The pig pen was a good distance from the barn, way down in the lower back corner of the property. Of course he marched right on down there, and when his arrival at the pen found the curious hogs right there by the trough resulted in their usual eagerness for slop he pointed the gun at one's forehead and promptly pulled the trigger. Dropped it right on the spot. The other hog immediately ran the opposite way, through the electric wire that had finally been employed to keep the adventurous animals from destroying the garden. I looked at Dad, then I looked up the hill at the barn, which seemed miles away. And it may well have been. Since the now dead slab of bacon and ham probably weighed 500 pounds. As we tried to work out just how to get the freshly made bacon to the simmering barrel of water I mentioned to him that a coffee can with some cracked corn or oats from the feed barrel in the barn would have led the thing anywhere he wanted it to go. It was about then that I figured out Dad had never done this sort of thing before. It was a very long day. The second swine was butchered by a professional who came out with a truck that had a hoist on the back and a barrel mounted up over a propane burner. | |
| 04-16-2015, 06:35 AM - 1 Like | #16502 |
| Originally posted by Racer X 69 As we tried to work out just how to get the freshly made bacon to the simmering barrel of water I mentioned to him that a coffee can with some cracked corn or oats from the feed barrel in the barn would have led the thing anywhere he wanted it to go.  Several years ago two friends and I would buy a hog each, average weight of 250 lbs., slaughter them ourselves, then take them to a butcher for cutting and packaging. That is what got me started curing and smoking my own hams and bacon. The hams always turned out good, but oh that bacon! You know it's gonna be good when the smell of hickory smoke fills the air when it hits the pan.  | |
| 04-16-2015, 08:03 AM | #16504 |
| Originally posted by Parallax | |
| 04-16-2015, 09:15 AM | #16505 |
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| 04-16-2015, 12:00 PM | #16507 |
| Originally posted by MarkJerling . . . . . . . . I mean, a US made car in the US - and it's all metric. Many vehicles manufactured in the US since about the mid to late 1970's have a mix of JIS (metric) and SAE fasteners. Having spent most of my adult life (And all of my pre-adult life! My earliest memory is disassembling a metal toy as a toddler.  ) working on anything mechanical, I can attest to the odd mixture of JIS and SAE nuts and bolts on so called American cars, pickups, light and heavy trucks and construction equipment.One quickly learns to pick them out at a glance, or they find another line of work.  | |
| 04-16-2015, 12:03 PM | #16508 |
| Originally posted by FantasticMrFox For someone like me who doesn't eat meat this thread can sometimes be ... challenging. All the pictures of bacon and steaks ... Well, I'll just sit here and enjoy the sunset with a glass of Balvenie (12 yo.).  | |
| 04-16-2015, 12:14 PM | #16509 |
| Originally posted by drypenn Say my name: Ho-CiR  | |
| 04-16-2015, 12:21 PM | #16510 |
| Originally posted by clackers I tend to agree with Homer Simpson that if we were meant to be vegetarians, animals wouldn't be made of meat. Also, I am a member of PETA. People Eating Tasty Animals {and again, a happy smile from the Captain} | |
| 04-16-2015, 12:22 PM | #16511 |
| Originally posted by tim60 For those who do not know, lamb is a great meat. And that looks good. Mmmmmmmm . . . . . . . . . . tasty! | |
| 04-16-2015, 12:34 PM - 1 Like | #16512 |
| Originally posted by Racer X 69 So, you replaced meat with booze? | |
| 04-16-2015, 12:38 PM | #16513 |
| Originally posted by MarkJerling Now, it has to be said that a New Zealand lamb is not a patch on a Karoo lamb. Here, you see, they only eat lush, green grass, which makes for quick growth but pretty tasteless lambs, while Karoo lambs eat all kinds of interesting little shrubs and stuff, which means they come pre-seasoned! The Karoo lamb coming pre seasoned simply provides a regional flavor, or a somewhat different place to start from in the culinary sense. For my, I could take it from both sources, and therefore enjoy variety. Oh yes, I would have very happy taste buds! And being an omnivore, I would probably follow up a delicious meal of lamb and vegetables with a nice glass of Mmmmmmmm . . . . . . . . . . tasty! | |
| 04-16-2015, 03:15 PM | #16514 |
| 04-16-2015, 03:16 PM - 1 Like | #16515 |
| Originally posted by Racer X 69 Yes, it does look very tasty. I love lamb, but Mrs. Racer is not so crazy about it. | |
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