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Food & crafts => Food processing => Topic started by: pedigree porker on May 25, 2010, 08:55:41 pm

Title: Whole pigs
Post by: pedigree porker on May 25, 2010, 08:55:41 pm

We are considering freezing a whole pig, has anybody tried this?

Title: Re: Whole pigs
Post by: JulieS on May 26, 2010, 08:53:05 am

I've never tried.  I presume you mean collected from the abattoir without the offal....If so I would guess it would be OK.  I would probably leave the head off too.

Will be interested to hear what others think.    Would have to be a big freezer  :)

Title: Re: Whole pigs
Post by: shetlandpaul on May 26, 2010, 12:34:10 pm

but then you would be stuck with a massive piece of meat that once unfrozen could not be refrozen. it could take a fair while to freeze a half pig as well.

Title: Re: Whole pigs
Post by: Hilarysmum on May 27, 2010, 04:24:26 pm

Is it for a spit roast?  I think to allow it to defrost properly you would need to use the freezer the same as a large fridge, keeping it at around 4 deg. c and allowing the pig to defrost that way.