2023.05.25 Reflections of Farm Life

kcm.MN · May 25, 2023

rick n ohio · May 25, 2023

Making some bacon for breakfast.

sms · May 25, 2023

Don't think that bucket is big enough to
scald it.

bradley martin · May 25, 2023

Likely to catch the blood...blood pudding, blood sausage. My dad used to sell a few butcher hogs to the local Italian and Portuguese communities. They would stun the hog just outside the barn and then slit its throat, carefully catching all the blood in a bucket. There was a quantity of salt in the bucket and one person would stir vigorously as the blood poured into the bucket. It was rather macabre.

Richard G. · May 25, 2023

Done that many times.
Usually did 2 at a time.

sms · May 25, 2023

I was just joking. We used to butcher hogs, wrestle them and cut the jugular so they bled out. Didn't catch the blood. My grandfather was old school and had done a lot of butchering and knew how to use everything if the person wanted.

mechanicfred · May 25, 2023

We still do the old way! Like Dad taught us.

Bruce from Can. · May 25, 2023

My dad did the slaughtering and my mama cut and
wrapped the meat. Part I didnt like was the smell of
the lard rendering down.

Pappy · May 25, 2023

Their clothing looks like it is too warm to be butchering hogs.

miangus · May 25, 2023

Scold and scrape, I hated scraping.

2023.05.25 Reflections of Farm Life

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