Originally Posted by
CurLee
It's been 8 years or so since the last time I partook in just that. My best friends extended family would butcher 8 hogs every January and I, for years, was welcomed as part of the family to take part. Puddin, paunhaus, cracklins, bacon, lard, ham, sausage and lions. I bought one hog and we split it all up evenly.
Those days have come and gone and I miss that one weekend every year greatly. I'm not sure where I was going with this but, I raised two mangalitsa cross hogs this year and butchered them solo. 240lbs of meat in the freezer in one weekend is truly rewarding, but it just wasnt the same...
My cousins and I (middle to late 40s) when we get together, we sip a beer and talk about how much fun it was to have the entire family together and butcher hogs or put up vegetables. It sucked at the time, but that rearview is mighty fine.
I've done it once since with a member here and that group has it down pat. Best sausage and puddin I've had in a while, (excepting Rebel Yell's Daddy's).
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