Showing posts with label butchery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label butchery. Show all posts
Thursday, November 14, 2013

Freezer Puzzle (Turkeys for Sale)

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Our four turkeys have a date with destiny on Saturday morning. I found a guy who will process them professionally (i.e., he has a defeatheri...
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Butchering Season (the Breakdown)

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Fall is butchering season. The grass is dying back and losing nutrition, and the meat animals are as fat as they are going to get. W...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Fish Tale (Canning Salmon)

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One of the many blessings of living where I live is the seasonal availability of the world's greatest fish, the noble King Salmon. Sal...
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Farm Folks Are Friendly (Home-style Goat Tacos)

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Like most other bloggers, I suspect, I have an online community made up of people who read my blog and leave comments and of those whose blo...
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Friday, August 13, 2010

Question for People Who Kill Their Own Meat

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I've posted before about butchering our animals. We butchered quite recently. I've posted about my feelings on meat eating in genera...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Goat Feast

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Yesterday we butchered a couple of goats. There's a sentence that, five years ago, I never thought I would say. My sister and her husban...
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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Big Pig, and Big Decision

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See the pig. The pig is big. See the big pig. The pig is big enough to kill. The pig is big enough to eat. Homero would like to let the pig ...
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Monday, January 4, 2010

Too Many Roos, and Musings on Meat (WARNING - GRAPHIC PICS)

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Although last year's chicks had a very poor survival rate (like maybe 25%) we still ended up with too many roosters. Now we have five, w...
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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Goat Butchering Party

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Who knew, butchering can be fun? Well, I wasn't actually around for most of it. I had just left the house yesterday afternoon about 5:00...
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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Hello, Goodbye

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Goodbye, Sandy and Tutu (and Clove, not pictured). I sold all three goat kids to a Mexican guy who is throwing a birthday party and wants to...
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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Armed And Kind of Sort of Ready

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I bought a handgun today. The husband of a good friend of mine, who is an expert, has been guiding me through the process, from choosing the...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Quiet Days on the Homefront

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I'd be writing more, but there's just not that much to write about. This is the quiet time of year. We still have the rent-a-buck he...
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Friday, October 23, 2009

Armed Aimee?

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Goat butchering season is right around the corner. I had been dithering, thinking that perhaps it would be worth it after all to have the pr...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

The Redneck Rubicon (WARNING - GRAPHIC)

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There's no point in denying it any longer. How can I maintain any semblance of sophistication, how can I pretend that I still have any c...
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Look What the Cat Dragged In

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When I spoke to my husband today, he said "wait till you get home. I have a surprise for you. I think you're going to like it....
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Adios, Porker, We Hardly Knew Thee

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WARNING GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS The men from Keizer meats were here bright and early in their businesslike panel van. They were here before I g...
Friday, January 9, 2009

Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid.

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Homero wants to butcher the pig himself.  The economic argument is rather compelling. At least half the cost of the final product is in the ...
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