Comments on: Half a Pig … http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/09/17/half-a-pig/ Life, Literature, and the Subversive Power of Living Small Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:19:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: cmf http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/09/17/half-a-pig/comment-page-1/#comment-9406 cmf Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:58:37 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/09/17/half-a-pig/#comment-9406 I love Walter's blog -- and he contributes to Ethicurean as well -- how lucky you are to get one of his pigs. And as much as I'd like to play around with curing a ham, our local butcher Matt does phenomenal hams. He keeps winning prizes for his ham and bacon and sausages (although I wish he'd do more fresh sausage). I did keep the belly and I'm planning to do another pancetta, and some pates like I did last year -- and I found a Jacques Pepin recipe for a dry-cured pork loin that I want to try with antelope -- so when I get back from Chicago, I think there are going to be some meat products hanging in my basement again. What fun! I love Walter’s blog — and he contributes to Ethicurean as well — how lucky you are to get one of his pigs. And as much as I’d like to play around with curing a ham, our local butcher Matt does phenomenal hams. He keeps winning prizes for his ham and bacon and sausages (although I wish he’d do more fresh sausage). I did keep the belly and I’m planning to do another pancetta, and some pates like I did last year — and I found a Jacques Pepin recipe for a dry-cured pork loin that I want to try with antelope — so when I get back from Chicago, I think there are going to be some meat products hanging in my basement again. What fun!

]]> By: Afella in VT http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/09/17/half-a-pig/comment-page-1/#comment-9348 Afella in VT Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:54:30 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/09/17/half-a-pig/#comment-9348 Good job getting a pig of your own (even if only half). We buy a pig at a time from http://www.sugarmtnfarm.com/blog/ because they are local to us. Like you, we like knowing how they were treated and fed. And our money stays in our community. And the farm shares our values. If you check around the sugar mountain blog, you'll find a recipe for curing hams. That's how our family does it and it isn't hard. We also cure bacon, which is wonderful. Good luck with it. Good job getting a pig of your own (even if only half). We buy a pig at a time from http://www.sugarmtnfarm.com/blog/ because they are local to us. Like you, we like knowing how they were treated and fed. And our money stays in our community. And the farm shares our values.

If you check around the sugar mountain blog, you’ll find a recipe for curing hams. That’s how our family does it and it isn’t hard. We also cure bacon, which is wonderful.

Good luck with it.

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