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We run Idaho Pasture Pigs [IPP] primarily grass eaters
its a darker pork than corn fed pork
still need pellets for a balanced diet
so far the feed prices are holding
the nearest USDA processor is 3 hrs away and local processors are booked out a full year.
so we process our own pork
the hardest...
dead maple branches and apple trimmings
gota take the bark off or it taste like licking an ash tray
we have several piles out in the orchard that are 2-3 years old apple wood
5 nice hard maple trees on the west fence line
Mike
Made Canadian bacon out of the last pork loin
low salt batch
6 tsp cure1
1.25 cups of brown sugar
2/3 cup of pickling salt
per 1 gallon of water
used a 2 gallon batch to do a whole loin [cut into 1/3s]
injected all 3 pieces
brined 7 days in cooler
sliced 1 piece into 1'' chops
smoked for 4 hrs...
Ya the smelt run in Port Huron isn't what it use to be on the St Clair river
we get small runs up here off of lake Superior
waiting for a good warm rain to get them going
Mike
I wear a ''cut glove'' more often
wen feeding bread to the pigs ,,I slice the end of the bread bag open with my buck knife.
do it too many times and I get sloppy and careless.
also wen processing [good to know that its the pigs blood and not mine]
we get ours from a supplier near Detroit with...
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