Thank you for these fabulous videos. I actually watched them a few weeks ago, when I joined permies. I even wrote a post about them, had no idea you were Kickstarting
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http://goddessinthegroove.blogspot.com/2013/06/afternoon-musings-snacks.html . They are musings, but your videos really made an impression.
Unfortunately, I did not have a good slaughter/butcher for the hog I recently purchased at County Fair. A 220lb hog ended up being 176lbs of meat. When I called the butcher, I was informed that they did not get any of the bones/organs/etc from the kill guy (this is what he calls himself). Sad, my pig was raised lovingly by someone we know, I wish we could have continued that respect all the way through. Anyways, it was my first experience buying a whole hog (we usually buy beef), and I live & learn. I am actually fascinated by your video, and must say that I would like to butcher, or at least be part of butchering my next hog. I was raised in Germany, and remember being part of the harvest on my great uncles farm. We children all had a job, and I remember blood sausage fondly (it makes my friends cringe
..).
I will support your Kickstart as much as I can, as I am excited to see your new videos. I will post on my Facebook also, hopefully I can help get the word out.
https://www.facebook.com/thegoddessinthegroove .
Good luck,
Heike
