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Wild Hog processing ?
Posted on 11/22/20 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 11/22/20 at 12:09 pm
We are over run with hogs. I already killed 4 this week. What can be done with several hogs. Is it good mixed with deer for hamburger and sausage or just grind up?
Posted on 11/22/20 at 12:21 pm to TygerT
I’ve had it mixed with beef for ground meat, and also mixed with domestic pork to make sausage. Breakfast sausage patties as well.
Posted on 11/22/20 at 12:31 pm to TygerT
I'll take some wild hog if you're trying to get rid of some
Posted on 11/22/20 at 12:32 pm to TygerT
It won’t give you the fat content you want when mixed with deer
Posted on 11/22/20 at 1:18 pm to TygerT
I've added it to everything, jambalaya is the easiest...but gumbos, chili, or stews. I'll "hide" it in dishes or eat it straight up steaks or smoke it (depends on my exercise/diet plans).
As someone alluded to, the fat content on the rumps is lower so they don't produce the smoked pulled pork we are all use to, but I enjoy it.
Cookbooks help provide different ideas. I'll say that Folse's After the Hunt is a great idea getter to clean out freezers.
As someone alluded to, the fat content on the rumps is lower so they don't produce the smoked pulled pork we are all use to, but I enjoy it.
Cookbooks help provide different ideas. I'll say that Folse's After the Hunt is a great idea getter to clean out freezers.
Posted on 11/22/20 at 1:38 pm to TygerT
Get pork fat from a butcher to cut with the meat. Or some fatty country style ribs. Roasts small legs can be cooked whole. Low and slow
Posted on 11/22/20 at 5:44 pm to TygerT
Grind it up with bacon ends and pieces. Makes good ground meat. It’s good gravy meat. Run it through a tenderizer and fry it. Smoke the hind quarters it won’t be like regular pork but it’s really good. Wild pork is way under rated in my opinion.
Posted on 11/22/20 at 8:47 pm to TygerT
Its great by itself doesn't need to be added to other meats or be used as a filler. Cook back straps as you would pork loin. Grind and use for sausage of which it is particularly well suited for breakfast and spicy Italian.
The highest quality (white vs pale yellow) and volume of fat will be found on the pregnant or lactating sows of 100 plus lbs. You want to save as much as possible.
Dismiss the notion that the best are the little sub 40 lb hogs. Those little ones have no fat and relatively little meat for the work needed. Nor is it true that boars are no good. And size above a specific poundage does not magically make the meat poor quality. These are the same animals we eat from the store butcher that regularly weigh 400 to 600 at slaughter. It is exceedingly rare to find a wild hog over 300.
Remember the meat does not have marbling of fat like beef so it is inherently drier and has to be cooked with that in mind. Also, all store bought pork is brined so you need to add sufficent salt.
The highest quality (white vs pale yellow) and volume of fat will be found on the pregnant or lactating sows of 100 plus lbs. You want to save as much as possible.
Dismiss the notion that the best are the little sub 40 lb hogs. Those little ones have no fat and relatively little meat for the work needed. Nor is it true that boars are no good. And size above a specific poundage does not magically make the meat poor quality. These are the same animals we eat from the store butcher that regularly weigh 400 to 600 at slaughter. It is exceedingly rare to find a wild hog over 300.
Remember the meat does not have marbling of fat like beef so it is inherently drier and has to be cooked with that in mind. Also, all store bought pork is brined so you need to add sufficent salt.
Posted on 11/22/20 at 9:04 pm to TygerT
My old man makes some great jerky with the hogs I kill.
Lean and takes flavor very well.
Lean and takes flavor very well.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 12:34 pm to TygerT
I normally have them cubed and marinated for gravy meat. Once a year I’ll bring a good bit of deboned and have smoked sausage made. I’ll have them add bacon ends and pieces or a Boston butt roast for the extra fat. Sometimes picnic roast whatever is cheaper at the time. Comes out great, I don’t buy store bought smoked sausage when I have that.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 3:40 pm to TygerT
Make sure you cut their nuts off and stroke em real good before you begin cleaning them. That’s the best method I have read
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