A local supermarket chain offered bone-in pork shoulder butt roasts for a dollar a pound last week. The Supply & Demand Gods had once again smiled upon us. After boning, useable pork cost came out to $1.07 per pound. But, bargain priced meat should not be the only reason for undertaking home further processing. In… Read More »
This post is intended for hobby farmers who raise a few hogs to sell as Youth Fair projects and/or as pork processed at small local meat plants. While hobby farmer’s relatively young market-hogs may well be hard to sell as freezer pork, the occasional few culled breeding sows are normally hard to get a decent… Read More »
Get that junk outta here! This pictured booklet does not have a publishing date on it, but it likely came out sometime in the late 1960’s. My Vocational High School Meat Processing instructor gave it to me in 1974. That’s my instructor’s, Frank J. Bussey’s signature in the top left corner. This pork promotion booklet… Read More »
Pronounced Getta. When I was a child my 4th generation (on my Great Great Grandmother’s side) German – American father would occasionally buy both a chuck roast and a pork shoulder butt roast and make Goetta. Heavy fat was removed from raw meat cubes, then fine diced onions, seasonings and a little water all were… Read More »
Ground beef is continually in high demand because it is delicious, is versatile in many different culinary applications and it cooks quickly (convenience factor). Ground beef has historically been less expensive than most retail cuts of beef. That price record is largely because the lean component of commercial ground beef comes predominately from culled dairy… Read More »