Took a Butcher Class Yesterday > Homestead, Farm & Garden

Posted: 1/12/2014 3:57:23 PM EDT

Butchered half a 260 lb hog under supervision of a local butcher/ charcuterie guy. There were six of us "students" all together. I went with 2 guys from work. It was probably the best time I've had in a while.

Posted: 1/12/2014 5:57:48 PM EDT

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This is a trade I need to learn.

Posted: 1/12/2014 6:16:17 PM EDT

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That sounds like an awesome opportunity. Wish I could find something like that.

Posted: 1/12/2014 9:21:42 PM EDT

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That's awesome. I'd love to get real butcher experience. I butcher all my own wild game, as well as chickens and domestic hogs but I'm doing it by the seat of my pants. Having a real butcher show you how to do it would be great!

Posted: 1/13/2014 8:47:19 AM EDT

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That sounds like an awesome opportunity. Wish I could find something like that.

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+1 Would love to find a local place that offers that.

Posted: 1/13/2014 10:25:31 AM EDT

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sounds like a good time

our processor is pretty cheap but doing our own hogs would be kinda nice to learn about

Posted: 1/13/2014 4:07:26 PM EDT

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Learned how to butcher this fall, wish I had done it 15 years ago now.

Posted: 1/14/2014 4:19:48 PM EDT

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I've always butchered my own deer as well but I was mostly just boning it all out. After finishing our first hogs last summer I think its important to have the skills to process them on site if necessary. The butcher we worked with also offers a sausage making class & is considering a cured meats class that I'm definitely interested in.

Posted: 1/14/2014 4:41:40 PM EDT

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I've butchered a lot of critters. I make sausage, cure meat (including my own bacon), and never paid for "processing" until this year (work got in the way).

I still have a lot to learn.

Sounds like a great experience. I'm envious.

Posted: 1/15/2014 7:15:16 AM EDT

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that is awesome
I'm jealous

how about sharing some tips, things that we all should know but don't.

Posted: 1/17/2014 6:27:01 AM EDT

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That sounds like a lot of fun. Where in PA?

Posted: 1/17/2014 7:09:26 PM EDT

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The local University does a class in the fall where they process a deer. Pretty cool learning from a pro vs muddling your way through it.

Posted: 1/18/2014 5:00:38 PM EDT

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The class was up in Elizabethtown, I drove up from York Co.

Posted: 1/20/2014 6:32:34 AM EDT

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that is awesome
I'm jealous

how about sharing some tips, things that we all should know but don't.

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Ya ,how bout some tips....

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