Author Topic: Pigs livers and other bits (Read 7171 times)

chickens · « **on:** May 28, 2008, 07:12:39 am »

Sorry Admin but I posted this under poultry yesterday - think I was doing everything in my sleep as the last two days has been a huge learning curve but fun. On my feet cooking and sorting pork for 17 hours yesterday and not much better the day before but so exciting as the first time we have had our own pigs to eat. Rilletes in the fridge, brawn and loads of other goodies. Just a last few questions please.....

And yet again its me with more questions - thanks goodness for this forum!

Our pigs were killed friday am at the abbatoir - we picked them up yesterday lunchtime and they were cut up in the afternoon - we put what we could in the freezer but some of the hams and bacons we left in the fridge until this morning when we decided to freeze a lot of them (hopefully that is okay???)

The pigs heads were left in a bucket of cold water overnight and are now being cooked slowly to make brawn.

My question is the pigs liver was in the fridge and last night we froze it - how long can we freeze it for please as I have read all sorts indicating that you cannot preserve pigs liver?

Also the heart is still in the fridge (almost freezing temperature) is this okay?

Sorry for all the questions but I am up to my eyes in pork as you can imagine........

Thanks again x

Hilarysmum · « **Reply #1 on:** May 28, 2008, 11:00:18 am »

Pigs liver will be fine for about a month, after which it may deteriorate in texture. Once its thawed out completely, leave it out of the fridge but covered to get to room temperature then cook it. Dont know why its what my butcher always tells me. It works anyway.

Heart will be fine frozen. Did you freeze the joints for gammons rather than freeze the gammoned joints? Either way will be fine.

So glad you got through it ok. It does get easier. HM

Jayhawk · « **Reply #2 on:** May 28, 2008, 07:57:58 pm »

HM, Why do the livers deteriorate when frozen

I have had mine in the freezer for about a month now and I'm worried that it should now be liver every meal until they're gone

Hilarysmum · « **Reply #3 on:** May 29, 2008, 07:22:11 am »

Hi deteriorate was too strong a word sorry. We have before now discovered liver of up to 3 months in the bottom of the freezer it cooks and eats fine. There is nothing quite like really fresh liver frozen is fine, I think its just once you start eating really fresh pig liver nothing else lives up to the taste.

Sorry for being a Job's comforter, please dont worry, it will be delicious (and safe). HM