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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:
> We heated the water in the lard kettle.  This was a
> cast iron pot, larger than a kettle drum.  The water
> was put into the barrel with buckets.  

Do you have any idea of how expensive those kettles are now?
Every now and then I see someone decorating their yard with them..such a 
waste.


> We had a lift on the 3 point tractor hitch.  We took a
> singletree from an old harness, hooked the ends into
> the hogs hind legs by the tendons.  Then were able to
> lower and raise the hog into the scalding water.

That was the standard way around here, I think, too, but we don't have a 
tractor, just a meat pole.  If we built a fire to heat water in a drum 
under the pole, there'd be no room to work.


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