~Homemade Smoked Kielbasa~
Since we began butchering our own pork, we’ve had to experiment with recipes, trying different things for meats like bacon, ham, and sausages. While we haven’t struck gold in yet … Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Butchering
~How to Prepare Casings for Sausage Making~
I’d like to share with you my video tutorial of how to clean hog intestines for use as casings in sausage making. Because that’s how casings were traditionally made. And … Continue Reading →
~2014 Hog Butchering & Stats (Round One)~
{Breaking Down into Primals} {Sausage Making Crew} {Snacking on Stale Bread} {The Butchering Frame… and kitty finished up snacking} {Before} {After} (This is one of the cure recipes we’re trying…) … Continue Reading →
~How to Estimate the Weight of a Live Hog~
Did you know that it’s possible to estimate how much your pig weighs simply by using a tape measure (or string, piece of baling twine, etc…) and a calculator? By … Continue Reading →
~December on the Homestead~
•December in our home begins with a celebration. A celebration of the gift of this precious little girl, our second daughter, Lydia. My poor children with a mother as practical … Continue Reading →
~Peeling Chicken Feet~
There’s nothing like raising your own meat to make you really appreciate the value of the creatures’ life, not to mention your own hard work and financial investment in each … Continue Reading →
~2013 Meat Chicken Cost Analysis~
Let’s talk chicken. Because we butchered ours last weekend and I have an irritating little habit of sharing with you all the details from butchering day. I did in 2011 (twice), … Continue Reading →
~Making Beef on the Homestead: Part One~
This weekend we slaughtered, skinned, and eviscerated our first steer. He was a 2 1/2 year old Irish Dexter and was born onto our homestead to our first family milk … Continue Reading →
~Random Glimpses {Eleven}~
One Year Ago: ~The 105th Psalm~ Dark weather means photography slows down some. So will these posts then. Hence the two week span since the last one. That doesn’t mean … Continue Reading →
~Aging Weather~
Well, aging weather is here. Looks like this will be the first week of the winter where temperatures will be hanging steady around the 40 degree mark. If the forecast … Continue Reading →
~Library Haul~
One Year Ago Today: ~Week 44~ I recently (and finally!) explored my library options after having moved. I loved my last library and it’s inter-loan system and was terribly afraid that … Continue Reading →
~Homestead Hog Butchering: Leg Quarter~
One Year Ago: ~Week 43~ The most recent addition to the Homestead Hog Butchering page has been made. It was the most difficult one to piece together and therefore I saved … Continue Reading →
~Homestead Hog Butchering: Loin Quarter~
Next in the Homestead Hog Butchering series is the loin quarter. This leaves the leg quarter (which yours truly will show you how to turn into boneless hams), cleaning and … Continue Reading →
~Homestead Hog Butchering: Belly Quarter~
My long neglected Homestead Hog Butchering page has finally been updated with a video showing you how we removed cuts from the most important quarter of the side of pork: … Continue Reading →
~Shoulder Quarter~
The latest installment from the Homestead Hog Butchering is up on the page devoted exclusively to all things DIY hog butchering. This addition is demonstrating one of the possible ways you can … Continue Reading →
~Quarters~
The Homestead Hog Butchering page now has the videos of our butchering process up to where the half was broken down into quarters (leg, loin, belly, & shoulder). As I … Continue Reading →
