tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13312062872235766012024-02-18T19:12:05.290-08:00The Tail of Two PiggiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331206287223576601.post-84373983904999859372013-07-30T04:10:00.001-07:002013-07-30T04:10:25.332-07:00Charceuterie Paradise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This past week has been another big one regarding cooking and processing. I took the prosciutto out of the salt a few days ago and now it is hanging in a cool, breezy environment. Which could take up to 8 months!</div>
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We've also been chowing through the bacon, which is absolutely delicious. The flavour is just so intense and the texture is perfect. <br />
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These are just some delights we have used the bacon for: bacon and eggs, and bacon/apple/maple syrup pancakes.</div>
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And nothing goes to waste! The ham bones go straight into the pot with split peas, herbs and veggies. Pea and Ham soup is so simple and so delectable no ham bones should never go to waste.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331206287223576601.post-29842265121562567622013-07-23T00:33:00.000-07:002013-07-23T00:36:58.483-07:00Cooking Up A StormOver the past few weeks since the pigs were slaughtered, with the help of my dad, my mum, and my very kindly and very helpful breeder, Faye, I have been preserving and processing the meat. One of the pigs went towards feeding the sixteen people from the village who had purchased meat, and the other pig went to us and our family. I realised that the pig split sixteen ways was not going to yield very much meat. But each person got a large shoulder or loin roast; 12 or so streaky bacon rashers; 330 grams of ham slices; and if they chose, a cheek, a hock, some ribs or some ears. Each pack only had to be $20-40, depending on the size of the roast everyone chose and depending on what extras they bought. We found from just charging this, we boke even! This whole project has cost nearly $1000, meaning that I wanted to earn $450-500 for the village pig, and I easily got this much. <br />
So now we've been working on making prosciutto:<br />
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I deboned the leg, covered it with salt, put a weight on it and left it in the cool. Next week I will take it out and hang it up for anything up to 12 months!</div>
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We also made salty sweet streaky bacon:</div>
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I took the ribs out of the bacon belly, put them in boxes and smothered them with sugar and salt for 5 days, turning them and re-smothering them every 24 hours. Then I hung them up for 3 days and then sliced them. Everyone who bought some got a nice pack of this, and I have had good feedback so far!</div>
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We also made sausages and salami:</div>
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The bratwurst like sausages were delicious. After feeding the meat (which was offcuts, fat and two shoulder roasts that we sacrificed) through the mincer, mixing the mince with spices and herbs, carefully feeding the mince through the sausage maker and into the intestines, and then painstakingly tying up the sausages at both ends, I hung the sausages up overnight before refrigerating them, while I will keep the salamis and chorizos hanging for another 6 weeks or so. </div>
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We also made haggis, with the lungs, heart and liver of the animals minced and fed into the sausage skins. This was actually the best (and stinkiest!!!) haggis i have ever had. I also made guanciale, which is pork cheek bacon:</div>
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This was just a matter of leaving in a box full of salt and sugar and spices for 4 days, rubbing the mixture around and then hanging overnight. With the help of Faye, we smoked the cheek, cooked it in boiling water and hung it for a day. Now it is ready to eat.</div>
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This was a long and hard process. After being hung in the butcher's cool room for 5 days, with the help of Faye I pumped the hams full of a salt and sugar brine. they then soaked in the brine, with brine outside and inside, for a few days. Then I went up to her house where she had a smoker, and they were smoked overnight. A few days later, after hanging, I went up there and monitored them while the cooked in boiling water, which took 7 hours or so, and i had to be there the whole time to keep watch on the temperature. After they were cooked, they hung for another day in the cool room and then dad and i went back the next day and sliced them up into pieces. A pack of this smoky, juicy, salty ham was given to the pork buyers. I am still surprised at how much ham we got.<br />
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And we have been cooking! I deep-fried the testicles in breadcrumbs to make a delicious, scallop-like delicacy; i poached up the tongue in a Chinese style sauce; mum made poached tongue with white beans; mum made spicy, tasty devilled kidneys on toast; we boiled up the haggis, and it was delectable; we cooked up some chops; we roasted a hefty shoulder roast; I made a gorgeous liver pate; and we are making pea and ham soup right now!<br />
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Now, after all of this, I can truly say I have used everything except the oink! But it is not over yet. there will be more cooking and processing to go. But I have to say, this has been one of the hardest things I have ever done so far. It has been a massive challenge for me, just mammoth, but the experience has been an amazing one. The skills i have learnt, the knowledge, the expertise, the different people i have met and worked with, the beautiful pigs and their equally beautiful flesh - i have gained so much respect for the process and for the animals themselves. But watch this space - there's more to come.<br />
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<span id="goog_1274722372"></span><span id="goog_1274722373"></span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331206287223576601.post-88187669440116111562013-07-10T00:59:00.001-07:002013-07-10T00:59:19.482-07:00The Last SupperTonight will be the last night that they spend on the farm. In the morning they will be off to slaughter. I spent some time, much more than I usually do, with them today. It was a sunny day and they were rolling around in the dirt on their backs, sunbathing. Like dogs do when they want a scratch. <br />
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It will be very sad to see them go. I will never forget them, and neither will the people of the village. Neither will the land they were on!<br />
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The bigger they grow, the more they drink, so much so now that I am having to fill up their water bowl twice a day!</div>
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Check out the difference between the churned up pig yard and the green of the soursobs adjacent!</div>
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Too smart to cross that fence again!</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331206287223576601.post-13785314626267305342013-06-11T00:41:00.000-07:002013-06-11T00:41:01.567-07:00Size ComparisonOver the weeks that the Bacon Brothers have stayed on our farm they have grown so much. When they arrived they were tiny little things, cute as puppies. Now they're not <em>as</em> cute, but they're massive!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331206287223576601.post-4329797504361227412013-05-17T18:34:00.000-07:002013-05-17T18:34:57.936-07:00Big PigsThe pigs are coming along well, and they are growing bigger than ever. They are now eating 3 kilos of food a day, not including all the greens and food scraps people are feeding them! They have contracted lice, however, and this Wednesday I will buy some lice-killer for dogs and wash them down with it! The fence is holding up nicely - they have not escaped once since the new generator was put in, and after these recent rains the earth is moist and the pigs are rooting around and digging holes. I think they are extremely happy. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331206287223576601.post-31665594568599167232013-05-03T19:58:00.000-07:002013-05-03T19:58:07.353-07:00School TripLast week my classmates and a few teachers came along to visit the pigs. I felt a bit like a zoo-keeper doing a tour of the zoo, or a lion-tamer with pigs not lions. Everyone seemed happy to see them and interact with them!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331206287223576601.post-73468895370760340112013-04-28T03:20:00.000-07:002013-04-28T03:20:10.071-07:00Pig UpdateHi all,<br />
Along with mum and dad, I have been away in Newcastle for the past week - which is when the pigs started deciding to escape their pen, which was quite distressing! Dad would get a call a day from a concerned villager who noticed that the pigs were out, which meant that we had done something wrong with the fence AND we weren't there to fix it! Because the electrical generator was on the ground, when the rains came the generator shorted out and destroyed itself. The pigs realised the fence was no longer electrified and decided to escape. Thanks to Michael O'Connell, who noticed and went out and bought a new generator and set the fence up again (I will be sure to reimburse him!!). Also thanks to my oma Michael Vaneijk and my auntie Leah Vawser for looking after them while we were away, and thank you to everyone who walked past and noticed something not quite right and called us or tried to help! The support from the village has been astounding, and I feel happy that so many people are coming through the farm to visit the pigs - there must be at least a dozen people visiting a day! Overall, the response has been overwhelmingly positive, even with the pigs escaping, and it makes me grateful that I live here. <br />
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The day we got back from Newcastle, mum, dad and I strung another two wire fences into the spare holes in the droppers, and we have added an extra electric wire to the already existing electric wires. We have also replaced the generator with a stronger one with a faster pulse, thanks to my other auntie and mentor Phaedra Reynolds, which should do the trick! As of today, since the new generator, the pigs have not escaped! <br />
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Also, they were very itchy for the last few days, and we noticed lice on their backs, so this morning dad spread diatomaceous earth around their pen and over them, and when I fed them this afternoon they were not itching at all. <br />
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Can I please remind people that only fruit and vegetables are suitable for the pigs. I have noticed that people have been feeding them teabags and mouldy food. It looks like some people have given them the contents of their compost bin - only fresh fruit and veg please! Secondly, please make sure if you can that the farm gates are closed so that IF the pigs get out again, they cannot completely escape - the gate at Bowering Hill end is regularly left open! Thirdly, please no running or making loud noises around the pigs because they could get scared. <br />
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Thank you all,<br />AarodUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331206287223576601.post-7236468688786640252013-04-16T23:05:00.001-07:002013-04-16T23:05:05.105-07:00Cabbage!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331206287223576601.post-79026262589016837762013-04-16T22:49:00.001-07:002013-04-16T22:51:22.788-07:00An InspirationA great inspiration to me and one of the reasons I began this project is this man - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. He has a holistic approach to his meat, and does not like to waste anything from the pig. He passionately loves his pigs and pork alike. And I have got to remember what I bought the pigs for and what part of my project is all about, and that, ultimately, they are going to yield up some delicious meat for me, my family and the community. <br />
<a href="http://www.rivercottage.net/">River Cottage</a><br />
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These little guys can run fast, and they sure are loud. Whether or not I have a bucket of food, they will chase me, their ears flapping like kites and their snorts echoing around the wood-lot. They are ALWAYS hungry, and run up to the fence grunting and squealing whenever someone passes by. They certainly enjoy rummaging around in the leaves and dirt around the trees. They couldn't be on a better part of the land - thank you village!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331206287223576601.post-86757132186746559922013-04-08T04:34:00.000-07:002013-04-09T02:35:38.531-07:00New DayThe pigs are all doing fine! Every now and then they come up against the fence with a little squeal and an electrical crack and they leap away. And they always seem to be hungry. The interest in them from the villagers and school people alike is astounding! Everyone seems enthusiastic and excited. Anyway, here's the latest video.<br />
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<span id="goog_1936719763"></span><span id="goog_1936719764"></span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331206287223576601.post-35595742628344445962013-04-05T01:28:00.001-07:002013-04-05T01:30:21.898-07:00First NightThey survived their first night without a problem! They didn't eat all of their food but that was probably just because they were stressed. This afternoon there was no problem with that - they were eating like two pigs at a trough! Wait...<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331206287223576601.post-85728356582822282382013-04-04T02:50:00.003-07:002013-04-09T02:36:46.292-07:00Their Arrival!The pigs arrived today! Dad and I picked them up from the breeder's after school. They seem happy and relaxed, even after the long drive from Kangarilla to Aldinga! When I picked them up to put them in their hut, they didn't scream too much, despite the belief that they do. Anyway, they're here, and from now on it is early mornings for me.<br />
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They will have to be kept inside the hut for a day or two, just to calm down and get comfortable, and to make sure that this is their home and where they will get fed. Once they are settled they can be let out into the wide open world.</div>
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We decided to use shredded paper instead of straw in order to avoid any form of mite infestation, plus we had a lot of spare paper shreds.</div>
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Here are some photos of the piglets at the breeders! I will be picking them up from here on Thursday, and bring them to the farm. They're gorgeous little things.</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1331206287223576601.post-89143937991766076522013-03-29T22:22:00.000-07:002013-03-29T22:22:25.405-07:00First Post<strong>Hello Village!</strong><br />
This is the first post to my new blog, The Tail of Two Piggies!<br />
It's just a simple blog, designed to keep you all up to date. <br />
I'll post up pictures, new info, and other stuff. Plus you can all ask me questions if you have any (I think you can?). Anyway, here goes!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0