MOPanfisher Posted March 23 Posted March 23 Pretty good job of skinning considering it's hanging. Used to butcher quite a few but we skinned them laying down, thought it was easier but that apparently work well for ya.
oneshot 1 Posted March 23 Author Posted March 23 Actually they was kinda hard to skin had to pull and use knife all the way down. oneshot
MOPanfisher Posted March 23 Posted March 23 38 minutes ago, oneshot 1 said: Actually they was kinda hard to skin had to pull and use knife all the way down. oneshot Hide don't peel off a hog like it does a beef or deer. The first one I but hered we did hanging up and it looked like we had skinned it with a chopping axe. Then a guy who has just been watching us said ya want me to show you how to do it? Found out he had grown up in a family run slaughterhouse.
tjm Posted March 24 Posted March 24 Might use a hammer against the hide like I do with coyotes. Grandpa's generation wouldn't butcher a hog until it got close to 500#, can't render much lard off them baby pigs. Just thinking about it I tastee them cracklins. They also believed that the meat would cure better with hide on and scraped every hog they butchered. I don't know of anyone that even has a smokehouse these days.
dblades Posted March 24 Posted March 24 We butchered a few when I was a kid, Grandad left the hide on.
MOPanfisher Posted March 24 Posted March 24 When it comes to Ham n beans ain't nothing like a chunk of hog with the hide in. That fat and hide take it to a whole different level. I have never scraped a hog, we skinned em all, but I can see where pre refrigeration the hide would add another layer to protect the meat.
oneshot 1 Posted March 24 Author Posted March 24 I cured bunch of Hogs always Scraped them. We would do about 8 Hogs a day. We would cure Deer to. Leave the Hide on swab it out with brine. oneshot
MOPanfisher Posted March 24 Posted March 24 I did cure a deer hind quarter once. I wasn't impressed. Buddy "corned" some and it was good but more work than it was worth.
oneshot 1 Posted March 24 Author Posted March 24 36 minutes ago, MOPanfisher said: I did cure a deer hind quarter once. I wasn't impressed. Buddy "corned" some and it was good but more work than it was worth. You know back then it was colder. I would take gutted Rabbits hang them in the shed where they froze. Want Rabbit go to the shed skin couple out. oneshot MOPanfisher 1
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now