The Accidental Smallholder Forum

Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: langdon on November 17, 2010, 06:28:22 pm

Title: first chop was lip licking good and fingers too!
Post by: langdon on November 17, 2010, 06:28:22 pm: pigs now happly resting in our very large chest freezer!!
had two chops last night and was very pleased with the taste ( when it comes to any meat i dont waste time in thinking
about flavour, i just LOVE meat ! )
unfortuanly i had no beer or cider to add to the moment, but went out today and came home with cans of bitter ;)
looking forward to the next time esp now that i will be able to have a glug or two ;D
langdon :pig:
Title: Re: first chop was lip licking good and fingers too!
Post by: sarha on November 17, 2010, 06:51:25 pm: :pig: Green with envy!!

Did you have saddlebacks langdon? I think I remember you got your around the same time as mine? Can I ask what age/weight they were when slaughtered/

Many thanks :)
Title: Re: first chop was lip licking good and fingers too!
Post by: pointy on November 17, 2010, 07:03:24 pm: So pleased your enjoying them. I have found a nice bottle of brown ale goes down well at times like these.

My girls go off 29th looking forward to the same level of satifaction.

Enjoy ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: first chop was lip licking good and fingers too!
Post by: pikilily on November 17, 2010, 07:14:15 pm: glad you enjoyed them!!! :P :P :P

i think i may have got it wrong....my cider is already in the pigs!! thye had it for a nightcap the day before their trip to the abattoir ;D ;D . Maybe i should have saved some for the first tasting on Saturday.I pick up the meat early saturday morning. Then its sausage making for the rest of the weekend.

Yep, i think i'll buy some more cider.

what breed were yours? i had berkshires.
Emma T
Title: Re: first chop was lip licking good and fingers too!
Post by: langdon on November 17, 2010, 07:14:46 pm: they were 6 mths of age, maybe a week or two over 6 mths.
the heaviest was 78. 8 kg and the second was 73. 8 kg.
a little heavier than i wanted, a bit more fat with them, the last pigs we had weighed in at 68-70 kg, i find this weight
more pleasing.
but as i said im going to enjoy them as those cold wet nights were a drag at times!
langdon :pig:
Title: Re: first chop was lip licking good and fingers too!
Post by: langdon on November 17, 2010, 07:16:57 pm: they were british saddlebacks,
think i will get G.O.S. next for a change.
langdon :pig:
Title: Re: first chop was lip licking good and fingers too!
Post by: Dundonald hens on November 17, 2010, 08:49:24 pm: All sounds good mine are going next week ! they ahve had loads of apples so hopefully not need any apple sauce lol
Title: Re: first chop was lip licking good and fingers too!
Post by: Eve on November 17, 2010, 09:11:34 pm: They'll be sweet, Dundonald, lovely!
Title: Re: first chop was lip licking good and fingers too!
Post by: Hilarysmum on November 18, 2010, 08:14:59 am: Large bottle of white wine with mine. Also mandatory for making sausages. The wine goes in me not the sausages.
Title: Re: first chop was lip licking good and fingers too!
Post by: Sandy on November 18, 2010, 08:41:29 am: Yummmmmmmy, quite fancy a pork chop with crisp crackling :P
Title: Re: first chop was lip licking good and fingers too!
Post by: sarha on November 18, 2010, 10:05:17 am: Quote from: langdon on November 17, 2010, 07:14:46 pm
they were 6 mths of age, maybe a week or two over 6 mths.
the heaviest was 78. 8 kg and the second was 73. 8 kg.
a little heavier than i wanted, a bit more fat with them, the last pigs we had weighed in at 68-70 kg, i find this weight
more pleasing.
but as i said im going to enjoy them as those cold wet nights were a drag at times!
langdon :pig:

Mine are booked in for 29th and will be 28 weeks. Im going to measure them later to give me a rough idea of their weight. Thanks for your reply...it's nice to compare so you know if your doing the right thing...as these are my first pigs and I have found this site invaluble for info!

I can't wait to taste mine! :pig: