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  • From: VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Got pigs
  • Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:15:23 -0700 (PDT)

--- On Sat, 9/20/08, Robert Walton <waltonrp AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Probably because I grew up in Florida, we never did that.
> Heat and humidity.

We usually scheduled butchering in January when it was most likely to be very
cold. We did several of those a year. Neighbors would help us with ours and
we would help them on theirs

> On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Lynda
> <lurine AT softcom.net> wrote:
> > My neighbor down the road salted his hams last year.
> He's still raving
> > about them.
> >

Never had them just salted. Ours were always sugar cured, wonder how much
difference that would be.






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