Thursday, February 3, 2011

Freezer full of beef 2-2-2011

David offered us a beef, we eargerly took him up on the offer.   So he showed up yesterday with the beef.  We paid $2.10 a pound for 570 pounds.  The is after the degutting and bled, that is the weight hanging on the rail

Butchering at Jerry's 1-28-2011

Joe went Friday to do the killing, then on Sunday, Chaz, Katie, James, Joe,Jake, & I left at 6:00am for Jerry's.  Got there at 8. Before butchering, the pigs weighed 300# rail weight (sausage pig) & 280#  Joe, James, & Chaz cut the pig up. We bought the seasoning for $145, So Jerry called it even for the price of the pork. One half went into sauasge and the othe half (different pig) went into cuts.  Susie, Kevin & Jerry have the other halfs.  We made Italian, Smoked Italian, Brats and tried a Jimmy dean copycat recipe.  (here http://www.food.com/recipe/copycat-jimmy-dean-pork-breakfast-sausage-250325)  The tasting of it at the time, was ok, not a real "aah we found it".  We had a good time with the kids and visting with Susie & Kevin.  Good memories were made and the freezer is full of pork.