Tag Archives: pigs

Miss Piggy all grown up..

Posted on October 15, 2011 by

Its hard to be believe that its been almost a year since we had a girls trip up the valley to pick up this sweet little purebred Large Black Piglet, she was just big enough to fit in a small … Continue reading →

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Rising Costs of Meat-Are you feeling the effect yet?

Posted on May 6, 2011 by

Last weekend, my Step-dad was in the “big city” for work and we did a meet up for a visit, lunch and then to give him a ride to the airport, one of our stops from his downtown hotel was the big … Continue reading →

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Guanciale-Its Ready..

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

So here is the finished Product, Sliced and ready for me to use in my planned recipes that I will be sharing soon, I am going Tradional for one, and Funky for the other..I should point out that while I … Continue reading →

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Slow Roasted Spiced Pork Ribs

Posted on January 29, 2011 by

Fall of the bone tender roasted never frozen Pork Ribs, heavenly!

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Rendering Fat

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

So simple to do and the end results can be used in so many ways, in this case we are making Lard. Raw Fresh Fat, remember that if the fat does not smell good to you, the lard won’t either.. … Continue reading →

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Fresh Pork Belly with Ribs – 13.2 pds

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Whole Fresh Pork Belly with Ribs still attached A nice rack of pork ribs, I split into two portions, each one enough to feed two peaple. Eight one pd (or close to one pd) peices of bacon to be.. hmmm, … Continue reading →

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Pork Jowl- Guanciale to be..

Posted on January 27, 2011 by

Want to see what happened to this lovely pork Jowl, here is the rest of the story

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Miss Piggy Update

Posted on January 3, 2011 by

Its only fair that I update on Miss Piggy, if I am going to update on Girl.. well Miss Piggy is doing great, she is a funny little pig, she has to be one of the most talking pig’s I … Continue reading →

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Someone likes her hay..

Posted on December 12, 2010 by

bet you thought it would be a sheep, cow or rabbit? Nope, its Miss Piggy.. Who likes her handful of green hay given daily, she gets very excited when she finds a good bit, she is growing well, and the … Continue reading →

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Belly Rubs

Posted on November 23, 2010 by

Well, Miss Piggy is much better about being touched today, and I have to laugh as if you scratch her back, she moves her body so you are scratching her hind end, and then she falls over an gives her … Continue reading →

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