Whats on The BBQ?

[2manymustangs]

I did something a little off the normal BBQ path today... An annual tradition of my neighbors (they raise ALOT of hogs and used to live in MY house in the 60's) on the second weekend of January is to do their butchering/curing/smoking of a large lot of hogs... This is a big family and they have been doing this processing since the 60's...

I had my son do alot of filming so that he can put together a mini documentary of this dying art/craft...

EVERYTHING that doesnt get wrapped as CHOICE CUTS (bacon/chops/ribs/loin/breakfast sausage BULK and LINKS) goes into the big pots and is boiled and all of the meat pulled off and stuffed into casings for summer sausage... They do their own ham curing and it really is a art...

It sure is refreshing to see a HUGE family all together , working together and lauging their heads off with Grandma/Grandpa/kids/grandkids/great-grand kids... No fighting/bitching/crabbing at each other, just laughter and good times..



Alfred & Jean Wilmes and one of the great grand children, a future pork producer...
Video/pictures of the PORK action in a bit...