Feb 2018<\/p>\n
The Pork Project continues.\u00a0 \u00a0We butchered the third\u00a0 6-month male yesterday and rested the carcass in the fridge over night.\u00a0 It’s getting easier to cut the pieces and tie the roasts now that we know how to tie those special knots.\u00a0 (YouTube again)<\/p>\n
The first two hogs were underweight and hardly worth the effort, although it was good practice.\u00a0 This third one weighed about 60 lbs, so we got a lot more meat from him.\u00a0 So far we have put about 60lbs\u00a0 of pork in the freezer.<\/p>\n
There are two more males to get to 6 months and the rest (9) are females.\u00a0 They can grow quite a bit more before slaughter, as there is no need to worry about bortine, which flavors the meat unpleasantly in males who have not been castrated at 1-2 weeks.<\/p>\n
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Feb 2018 The Pork Project continues.\u00a0 \u00a0We butchered the third\u00a0 6-month male yesterday and rested the carcass in the fridge over night.\u00a0 It’s getting easier to cut the pieces and tie the roasts now that we know how to tie those special knots.\u00a0 (YouTube again) The first two hogs were underweight and hardly worth the … Continue reading Pork Project Part 2 – Feb 2018<\/span>