Maple Grove Farm

Pig Butchering

For the last 9 months Pork has been consuming all of our scraps and leftovers.  He has turned them in to some nice meat and yesterday we began our first butchering project.  My husband has butchered many pigs, but not quite like this.  We began by skinning him.  We chose this method as the easiest and cleanest for us - instead of scalding him.  We then gutted him and hung him in the barn overnight.  Today we will cut him up and put him in the freezer.  We will be very busy making sausage and brining the items that will be smoked later.  Happy homesteading  . . .