I know, doesn't sound glamorous in the least, plus no pics.
Didn't make nearly the amount of bulk hot Italian sausage this year as the wife wanted steaks and roast out of the two deer her and our son got this year. Mixed 60/40 with a pork but to get 25 lbs. Put 1 lb in quart freezer bags to add on the bottom of the sausage we had in the freezer. More than enough to last through the year and pass some on to friends and family.
Now on to the dog food. The scraps I didn't weigh but pretty sure it came up to 50 lbs plus. This "scrap" is mostly meat but does have tendons, veins and a tiny big of fat, plus the hearts and livers. The dog has gotten used to eating it for dinner every night, a 1/4 lbs with "sprinkles" of his dry food on top. Many sandwich bags with 1/2 lb in each bags. I though we'd never get done filling, sealing and flattening those bags.
This is the first year it was just the wife and I with the butchering and processing as we've always had someone or two helping out. He left side doesn't quite work like it used to due to having a stroke a few years back. Speaking of backs, mine has been bad for the past few years. So, yes, it was a bit of work for us. The only "easy" part was the grinding.
Still, all in all, looking forward to the same thing much later this year!
Didn't make nearly the amount of bulk hot Italian sausage this year as the wife wanted steaks and roast out of the two deer her and our son got this year. Mixed 60/40 with a pork but to get 25 lbs. Put 1 lb in quart freezer bags to add on the bottom of the sausage we had in the freezer. More than enough to last through the year and pass some on to friends and family.
Now on to the dog food. The scraps I didn't weigh but pretty sure it came up to 50 lbs plus. This "scrap" is mostly meat but does have tendons, veins and a tiny big of fat, plus the hearts and livers. The dog has gotten used to eating it for dinner every night, a 1/4 lbs with "sprinkles" of his dry food on top. Many sandwich bags with 1/2 lb in each bags. I though we'd never get done filling, sealing and flattening those bags.
This is the first year it was just the wife and I with the butchering and processing as we've always had someone or two helping out. He left side doesn't quite work like it used to due to having a stroke a few years back. Speaking of backs, mine has been bad for the past few years. So, yes, it was a bit of work for us. The only "easy" part was the grinding.
Still, all in all, looking forward to the same thing much later this year!
