how about a Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX,+IA GTG thread?

[Sawdust Man]

Killing a hog in August..??

You must have some kick ass refrigerators!!

We have an extra upright freezer, we just lay the quarters on the shelves overnight, and cut them up the next morning, works perfectly every time.
If it's super hot when we do the kill, I have a 48" fan we set up for air, and to keep the flies away.
I'd prefer not to process in the summer, but a guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do.
I'm eating some fresh tenderloin steak off of that hog as I type this..... dang good stuff!

 

[Hedgerow]

We have an extra upright freezer, we just lay the quarters on the shelves overnight, and cut them up the next morning, works perfectly every time.
If it's super hot when we do the kill, I have a 48" fan we set up for air, and to keep the flies away.
I'd prefer not to process in the summer, but a guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do.
I'm eating some fresh tenderloin steak off of that hog as I type this..... dang good stuff!

Do you cure your own bacon?

 

[Sawdust Man]

Do you cure your own bacon?

Yes we do, it's not quite like what you buy in town, but we like it pretty well.
We got probably around 15 lbs of bacon off of that one, I'd say.
The kids are in charge of the curing and smoking of the meat, I just eat it and keep working to pay for it all... I know they use salt, and honey or sometimes sugar, and then smoke it with hickory, they do basically the same thing for hams too.

 

[Hedgerow]

Yes we do, it's not quite like what you buy in town, but we like it pretty well.
We got probably around 15 lbs of bacon off of that one, I'd say.
The kids are in charge of the curing and smoking of the meat, I just eat it and keep working to pay for it all... I know they use salt, and honey or sometimes sugar, and then smoke it with hickory, they do basically the same thing for hams too.

Bacon is super simple..
Cures in 5 days or so.

Them hams are a bit of an art...

I’ve not pulled one of them off yet.
We usually grind the hind quarters.

 

[Sawdust Man]

Bacon is super simple..
Cures in 5 days or so.

Them hams are a bit of an art...

I’ve not pulled one of them off yet.
We usually grind the hind quarters.

Grind the hams????? Heresiy!!!

Actually, we bone out the hind quarters and make 2 or 3 boneless hams, because as you said it's an art to get a bone-in ham right, they tend to get kinda nasty around the joints, in our experience.

 

[hoskvarna]

We got missed again it went s of us
Friggen rain. [emoji2959][emoji2959][emoji2959][emoji2959][emoji2959]


Sent from Hoskey Hills

 

[JimBear]

I had .10” a bit earlier today, my folks 3.5 miles south of me had .25”; go another 2-3 miles south & they had around 1.25” - 1.50” in about 1/2 hour. It’s starting to rain again here now.

 

[Cat 525]

Missed us too. Really spotty stuff today.

 

[Hedgerow]

Grind the hams????? Heresiy!!!

Actually, we bone out the hind quarters and make 2 or 3 boneless hams, because as you said it's an art to get a bone-in ham right, they tend to get kinda nasty around the joints, in our experience.

FWIW...

You can salt cure pork shoulder, smoke it, and slice it into bacon too...

It’s fantastic..

 

[Hedgerow]

Just tossing that out there...

Lol..

 

[Sawdust Man]

FWIW...

You can salt cure pork shoulder, smoke it, and slice it into bacon too...

It’s fantastic..

Just tossing that out there...

Lol..

More bacon is always a good thing!
We'll have to try that.

 

[JimBear]

We had an additional 1.30” this evening. Hopefully some of you other folks got some much needed rain also.

 

[Roadfxr]

We got 1.4 of rain yesterday and last night. Had .6 earlier this week. We are actually sitting pretty good again. Started working up in Northwest iowa Cherokee area this week. It is beyond dry up there. One guy said his neighbor had already been talking to insurance agent about his crops.

 

[hoskvarna]

Well chit we actually got some rain overnight
There are puddles in the driveway [emoji106][emoji106]


Sent from Hoskey Hills

 

[Sawdust Man]

Well chit we actually got some rain overnight
There are puddles in the driveway [emoji106][emoji106]


Sent from Hoskey Hills

That's good news, glad you got some moisture!

Good morning y'all...

 

[Cat 525]

We got .60 to an inch in the night! Sure welcome.

 

[Hedgerow]

.15” here

 

[Hedgerow]

This look like $700.00 worth of concrete??

Between the price hikes and the “fuel surcharges “,
Might as well get a full 9 yards and have an over run dump spot.

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

We had right at 1/2"

 

[Sawdust Man]

The buys bucked some hay this morning.....