I've never done this before. Either buy half a pig, or do a blog. I'm mainly writing this down so I can look back and feel smug about how many dinners I'll eventually have had for my 95squids.
Some background. A friend of mine's Dad is part of a collective in the New Forest who have been raising some pigs. He asked if I'd be interested in buying half of one, and being a pork enthusiast I said 'yes please'. Also I thought it sounded quite funny having half a pig.
Me looking at the pigs (when they were alive) |
The crime scene |
- 2 x trotters
- 1 x kidney
- 3 x leg joints
- 1 x stuffed belly
- 2 x shoulder joints
- 1 x rack joint
- 2 x hocks
- A bag of spare ribs (I didn't count them)
- 15 x chops
- 2.2kg of mince
Having filled 3 out of 4 draws of my normal sized freezer, the next step is to start cooking and eating the various bit over the next little while. This shall be catalogued in this blog. How exciting.