Got two pigs going off in a week’s time. Last (and first) time I did this was two year’s ago.
When I asked for one to be bacon and sausages the guy at the abattoir said that would be a hell of a lot of sausages so I did half a pig to bacon and sausages and also had some gammon joints, then the other one and a half pig went into joints and belly strips and chops.
This time I’m going to stick with half pig bacon/sausages, and I still want the joints. There were a lot of packs of chops, and only one of us eats them. Is there another cut I can ask for that would reduce the amount of chops? I also want belly slabs instead of strips so I can try my own bacon (or roast whole or cut into strips), but also fancied ribs. This is the same cut of meat though isn’t it? Can I ask for some belly slabs and some ribs?
I have spoken to the abattoir but they are super busy and I didn’t want to hold them up with questions I can ask here