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Idaho Pasture Pigs
Fidelk:
--- Quote from: KFhunter on June 02, 2022, 06:15:52 PM ---Lard was about as important as meat way back in the day
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An essential ingredient in fried bread or spread on toast. Still cook with it upon occasion.
fireweed:
--- Quote from: Machias on June 02, 2022, 11:51:44 AM ---Picked up 5 Idaho Pasture Piglets last week. 3 registered gilts that are 8 weeks old. A barrow, which we castrated when I picked them up, he's 8 weeks old and a registered boar who is 11 weeks old. They are already pretty friendly, except the boar was a bit skittish at first, but he knows who feeds him and is already allowing back and side scratches. We named the boar, who is cream colored, Hamlet. The girls are Ginger, Pattie and Juliet. The barrow is Romeo. Will separate the boar and the barrow in a couple of weeks from the gilts. Then breed the gilts in Jan and butcher the barrow in Feb. I'll post some photos in the next couple of days.
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I'm pig gender ignorant. Barrow? gilt?
Southpole:
Barrow is a castrated male hog and a gilt is a female hog that hasn’t had any piglets.
Southpole:
I’ve seen a handful of heritage hog carcasses, mostly American Guinea hog. The hams are like a big turkey leg after trimming off a crap ton of fat. Probably pretty tasty though. Still need pictures Machias >:(
HUNTIN4SIX:
--- Quote from: Southpole on June 03, 2022, 10:18:31 AM ---I’ve seen a handful of heritage hog carcasses, mostly American Guinea hog. The hams are like a big turkey leg after trimming off a crap ton of fat. Probably pretty tasty though. Still need pictures Machias >:(
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Problem I’ve seen is folks sell them by hanging weight, then we trim 60% of the weight off in fat and the buyer gets screwed and wonders where the meat is. The chops are generally about 3-4” around.
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