Hog Butcher Day | Using the Entire Animal
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2019
- Today we are fortunate to be able to process our own meat while ensuring nothing goes to waste.
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I went to culinary school and one thing I remember most my mentor said is when you kill an animal for food, you honor it by rendering all you can from it, waste nothing❤️
I can remember in the fourties when my parents butchered a pig, nothing was wasted. The blood was saved for making blood sausage and the small intestines were saved for casings for sausage.
Very good advice!!
Hands down my favorite channel that I'm subscribed to
Nice job. I've been hunting as long as I can remember. I get an elk, and 2 antelope every year and butcher 30 chickens. There is a lot of pride knowing that I didn't buy my meat from the store. Respect the land respect mother nature and she will take care of you.
What State do you live in, if you care to answer. Best
@@tomm2812 New Mexico
It's so important that people be more connected to their food and all our gov and schools want to do is separate us from the reality of our food supplies. I hunt and process everything I kill as it should be! More states should implement stricter waste/wanton laws but fortunately most other hunters I know also use as much as reasonably possible of their game animals.
I will admit I am a city girl and never thought I could watch a video like this but you did it so well and respectful to the animal. Also very informative, it didn't even gross me out like I thought it would. Thanks!
same!
Yes seriously! I was prepared to be gross, but this was very neat and clean and didn't gross me out at all.
@McVenison Steaks I’ve never seen butchering by hunters portrayed badly by the media. Seem some things about factory farming, and poaching, but just regular hunters.
As someone who grew up with a butcher father and seen many pigs and came butchered and now learning to teach our children... I think I can say that most farm butchering is done in a very humane manner. It's really not the way it's portrayed by vegan pushing media. That said, farm raising happens much differently than mass producing... and not all farmers are the same. Which is why I would urge people to get out of the city limits to find a farm. Even if you don't butcher yourself, you can get it done and still be a much better price than in store! And the quality is superior!
I love this so much! We need as people to understand where those grocery store packages come from! It's not magic.
This is an incredible example of using the entire animal and I for one, feel very blessed to have been able to see a window into proper care and living by example of "farm to table."
Thank you so, so much for this video.😇
I’ve butchered my own deer for many many years as an adult but when I was a kid I would help but her cows and pigs and it is by far the most worthwhile knowledge I have ever gained!! It’s so important to see what meat cuts there are and to understand this process!! Too many people just don’t care to understand so many pieces of life and death and all the in between a!! Thank you for sharing this video with us
It just blows my mind that you can process meat outside without having to worry about predators.
Thanks so much for taking the time to show how to process with very little space and tools.
This video came up as a suggestion... wow been watching you guys for 5 yrs now remember watching this when it come out keep up the great vids love em..
Probably the best video on processing a pig for a layman like me.
Also the great respect you have for the animal and for taking a life and not poking fun at the carcass like so many people do to try and get more likes on the video.
Well done and keep the videos coming.
Thank you for being as respectful of the animal while processing the pig. I have only processed Trout, but have always been curious on larger creatures. Very informative as well as the Grouse you did in other video.
you 2 are very organized. its easy to see that you are a loving couple.well done on all counts
Very interesting. You all do a great job explaining all the steps. Appreciate how respectful you are toward the animal. ❤️
Thank you for helping people understand how their meat gets under plastic. I have processed an animal and as a meat eater, I am grateful for the sacrifice of any and all animals. Respecting them, the process and nature are very important. Great job!
Ariel is amazing! I loved the care and respect towards the animal.
Wonderful video of you two working together, have processed my wild game since I was a kid. Awesome the way you respected the animal.
so glad I found you two! So detailed in your explanations! Thanks for sharing your life!
I have the utmost respect for your philosophy and practices. I completely agree that if you eat meat, you should take an active role in acquiring and processing that meat at least once in your life. I also admire the care you give to your dogs. Too many people give their dogs a raw diet without knowing the ins and outs of it. You two are a real joy to watch. Thanks for sharing
You two are amazing. I grew up with my Dad processing all of our meat including deer. If I wasn't so old would love to be able to live like you do.
This is my first old video of yours you guys were just babies. Love you two.
Yes, I really love how Ariel inputted that at least a person should experience one time in their life to take a life to understand the process of where our food comes from. Which I completely agree with. My grandma taught me when I was young to butcher sheep and chicken. It is a great amount of respect for our food especially learning not to waste any part of it. I’m glad you both shared this.
We raise one or two feeder pigs each year and chickens. Here in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains we slaughter in late December or early January when its cold enough to cure the meat under outdoor conditions. We dry cure the hams and bacon.
I do get attached to my pigs most years. They're intelligent and love to play. I make their life as pleasant as possible. We stun them with a small caliber pistol in the sweet spot and then stick them with a double edged knife. They're dead before the stun wears off. Everyone should experience it.
We raise muscovy ducks & meat rabbits and you learn a true appreciation for the animals, giving them the best life so you get the best meat.
We'll be adding pigs soon - most likely smaller sized simply because we haven't what's necessary to slaughter bigger on our own - that pig in the video is about the biggest we Might be able to manage, lol, Maybe. But, it's why I watched this video & will likely watch several times before we even add pigs, simply so I'll feel more comfortable knowing the basics.
Thank you so very much for an educational & informative video.
My husband and I are learning/staring to become self sufficient and we binge watch your videos in our free time and I’ve learned so much from y’all. We butcher our own meat chickens but we are looking into expanding to getting pigs and cows but we need to find more land and right now in South Texas it’s crazy expensive.
I love how incredibly respectful you are with your animals that you harvest. I absolutely agree. You kill it, you eat it. Waste nothing and always be thankful.
"Normal" people: "graphic content"
Me: "cooking show"
I totally agree
Love this comment
It is so educational and rich in content about living off grid in Alaska. We learn so many things from each video you post. Someday, we will surely visit Alaska. Thank you both, keep safe and stay healthy. From Singapore.
So informative and respectful of the animal! Thanks for this video. Great job 👏🏻
I enjoy this channel so much. Very impressive. I would imagine that you are a great inspiration to many young people on the edge of doing what you are living. Keep up the great work. I'm 70 years old now and I find myself learning
something new from you each video.
Jack Meeks thank you 😁❤
Wow Ariel is a badass!! Every video I watch I am in awe of her!
And she has not lost her femininity and poise. It’s a tough life these two live and I applaud everything they do. Like going to the outhouse in the middle of the night in -20F weather with a stainless 357 mag in hand! Rumor has it they lost one in the pit outhouse last winter. Neither could be talked into fetching it. Was the driving force for composting outhouse!
Wonderful video, I'm so glad yall done this one. Remember it's not graphic, its a way of life for alot of people. This country has gotten spoiled, this was how you survived years ago and it's nice to see people still doing it instead of a machine.
"Please be advised. Graphic content..."
Me: That's exactly what I came here for. Proceed!
i dislike this vid
I'm sorry to hear that you're a pu$$y. Your parents must be embarrassed.
@@blackirish781 I have no parent. Do you need to I present you my apologies ? Maybe is just a cultural misunderstanding.
@@blackirish781 When you say "you're a pu$$y", that's mean a good or bad thing ? If you want to insult me, there are other way to do it...
Me too
For someone like me who lives in a city and buys my food from a supermarket that video was absolutely fascinating.
The amount of meat from one pig is amazing, it makes me think of the cost of purchasing that amount of meat from a market, truly unbelievable.
Thanks for the video. I thoroughly enjoyed it and learned a lot.
Beautiful job! I really appreciated the respect that you gave to this animal.
found another jewel video! Always a pleasure finding old videos of Simple Living Alsksa!
This was very interesting! Thank you for taking the time to show and explain all of the steps.
You a never cease to amaze me. Butchering a pig and processing it all. My job when I was small was grinding the sausage and wrapping the pork loin pieces. That's such good meat. You all are doing such a good job on your own. You're killing it as they say. God bless you.
As a person who grew up in the rural countryside in the developing world, it was normal for us to have animals dispatched for food.
Very well done very proud of you two nothing beats home burtching you feed them an they feed you
Processed my first quail today, I've done chickens, and helped dress a deer in the past, but this was the first doing an animal I raised- very new feeling!
ilse lindberg great job! it is never easy.
Wow, this was an amazing video. I didn’t know if I could handle it, but I watched anyway, and I’m glad I did. What an undertaking. I am in such admiration that you guys put in that amount of work, but it looks like the result was a great reward. Thanks for the education.
You would never know that it was your first time butchering your first pig. You both did an amazing job of it. It should be easy peasy next time lol. You know that when you kill, butcher and process your own meat then you eat it, it has a profound effect on your psyche in that your find a true respect for the animal and it giving it's life to sustain you and your animals. You never take meat for granted again after that. I love how all the parts were fully identified and explained. Very interesting and informative video guys. Michelle
bohemiangypsy99, thank you Michelle! We must agree, we have always eaten mostly veggies but once we started hunting and raising livestock we became very close to our food and felt a deep appreciation for the animals :)
Wonderful. I have done a lot of deer, and very recently a bear, and completely agree, that the wild, or in your case farm meat can forever turn you off from buying meat at a grocery store. Butchering is a lot of work, but very rewarding in so so many ways.
Thanks for sharing -- respectfully using as much of the animal is the way to go. Well done.
I'm a first timer on your channel---and really liked what I saw and heard. I was raised on a ranch in SE Wyoming and everything we ate was from the ranch---well, except for grub that needed flour and tree fruit! I have been so long on store bought meat that I had forgotten how different home raised was. Yay for grass fed beef that is now making a come-back. But the prices!!!
KlazyY, thanks for watching! We love homegrown meat, we are thankful for local farmers since we opted not to raise one right now :)
I know the world is a crazy place right now, but watching your videos makes me feel good and hopeful that more young people will seek out a better and healthier lifestyle like yours. Cheers!
I'm living vicariously through you. Although I live in northern Minnesota so I understand the weather.
Everything thing you showed was so vital and you could have shown more. Was curious what the vital cut down the back entailed. How refreshing to see this skill and detail from the young ones! Enjoy your life because I sure am enjoying watching you.
We grew up butchering all our own food. Glad to see young folks willing to learn the basics of life. We always scalded and scraped and rendered the skin for the fat and cracklings. The head meat makes fantastic mincemeat. It's fairly easy to build a smokehouse.
We have the fat in the freezer waiting to be rendered, love the lard! Hoping to build a smokehouse for meat this summer :)
Excellent Job you Two ! Love your tenacity , the next one will be a breeze , hands on , the only way to go . I see a game pole in your future ,there when you need it.
Take care , Enjoy ALL !
Another great video, thanks for sharing! Pigs will be happening on our off grid homestead next year, probably, and this video was one of the of butchering. Thanks!
Beautiful Ariel ❤️ , did a excellent job cutting the pig and explaining the different organs and some of the uses for them , those dogs sure are spoiled eating the pig's skin and part of the head which is considered a delicacy around several places around the world , overall Both of you did a fantastic job , looking forward to see more videos .
I said to myself. I need to binge on you videos today. I thought you guys were bad arses back then. I think you guys are legends now. Wow. Amazing, and detailed video. Thank you.
Very informative.Thank you.Your never too old to learn.✌👍👍👏
Hello Ariel, Eric I'm watching the episode of hog butchering day and I have a new respect for you Ariel, my husband and I are planning on raising Hogs as well and I'm learning a lot just by watching this episode so thank you guys so so much and God bless you guys rock😉
Skinning is definitely easier than scalding and scraping. Also, jowl meet can be cured as bacon and used as seasoning in green beans, etc. Great teamwork as usual.
If you skin it, you lose most of your lard and craclins!
I prefer to leave the skin on. The scalding may involve a lot of work but I feel it is quicker. And you get bonus lots of lard and cracklings! Yummy!
Ariel and Eric- my partner and I discovered your channel a month or so and we're hooked! We always wonder, especially with your animal processing vids, how you seem like such pros but also say this is your first or 2nd time doing this! Im sure you do a ton of research on preparation but you guys just seem to always know what your doing! We have aspirations to live a simple self reliant life like you guys, but in a situation like this where you can only cut once, potential contamination, and time being of the essence I imagine myself doing something like processing a pig for the first time and being SO stressed out and feeling so out of my element even if I'd done a ton of research beforehand! We're so curious about both of your upbringings because you seem like you guys are just such pros and it comes so naturally. Anyways love your videos and your vibe, thank you for sharing with the world!!
Good job! Butchering gets easier every time you do it! The very very end was the best part.
Very cool video. I've seen the pig, fish ,and mouse butchering videos. Its great all the good food you grow in the summer and the meat you get. Really enjoy you sharing your life experiences living off the land. Time for another freezer more space. The dogs are great they sure have fun in the woods.
Ariel, omg your amazing thanks for showing use all
Excellent job well done, Im all about knowing where my food comes from. Best of luck to both of you. You are living my dream life!
Thanks guys , that is amazing to watch & learn! Great work & lesson....
we have had our own pigs for years, best sausage ever, and a lot of meals and good nourishment for all, keep up the good work,
Discovered your channel today and i loved it.👍👍👍 the way of living you guys have extraordinary.
Nothing better than homegrown and processed meat. Just finished baking up a ham this morning and it will last a good solid week. excellent and informative video. Now you need to get one of those world-famous Alaskan moose in your freezer!!
GoFeesh 85, hoping to harvest a moose this fall, ham is great for all week eating! :)
Thanks for all the usefully information that pork looks great .its also amaxing how you don't waste anything.
It's the best video I ever saw in your channel (and I've seen quite a few!), buying meat would never feel the same again, thank you for that!
Great job! Most people don't realize how slippery your hands and knives can become when butchering a pig! Back home we had a pork product called scrapple - used ground up pork scraps, cornmeal and lots of black pepper cooked and shaped into a loaf then sliced and fried. Sounds weird but tastes delicious!
Love scrapple
That was a definite learning lesson. Enjoyed watching for sure.
I grew up with my grandparents and parents with the neighbors doing just what our doing and with chickens,,Also has a huge huge garden love it never leave home without a salt shaker walking threw the garden to get to grandparents house...LOL and I am 69 yrs old now I remember it like it was yesterday
Man you got the best woman in this world can have. Your the luckiest person... 👍👍👍👍
Hereford hogs are my absolute favorite! Berkshire’s too. They both have very yummy meat, and make very pretty show hogs
Great job you guys. That is an enormous task to take on. I’ve had my share of up til 2 am. But the hard part is done so enjoy you’re delicious meat. Stay safe.
Dean Kaufman, I think we were expecting the bone saw part to be easier...at least we will have a good idea what we are in for this moose season. Thanks for watching :)
I grew up on a small farm and were raised what we ate. It was a family occasion when all the relatives from another state would come help butcher the animals. One of my fave pics is my sister, my grandma and myself standing in front of a newly gutted hog 😂💜
You guys are so resilient…. So informative pretty much with every episode… congrats to you both got doing such a great job surviving in Alaska
I watched my great uncles butcher hogs back in the 70's. I was a kid, but remember it well. My Dad told my brother and I, "Boys, this is where your food comes from." We had no problems with it. We helped Dad work up squirrels and rabbits. We learned at an early age. My son can't stand blood. He gets sick. But, has no problem eating the finished product!
I appreciate you saying that bit near the beginning of the video about it being graphic, as well as the part about where you said it's not easy. As someone who doesn't like the idea of hunting because of the killing involved, I do appreciate that.
Awesome awesome video! So happy you showed the actual butchering. You’re dogs will love you! We feed our dog raw as well.
LOL loved the intro with the knife and sharpening stone. You two rock!!
I absolutely applaud the use of the entire animal, good job!
The two of you are super awesome... I wish you were my neighbors!
What an awesome video. That was some precise butchering, great job? No waste, excellent! So happy your freezer is full and you and the dogs have some good eats.
We are very thankful and happy to have some great meat again!
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Very much enjoyed this. Wish we were 40 years younger, and doing this!!
I like how u simplify tasks. God bless
If you take the blood, beat it briskly until it is an even texture you can mix it with barley, oatmeal and rice and some pepper corns and salt, and either make bourdain, blood sausage or you can make blood cake, simply refrigerate for 24 hours to allow the uncooked grains to swell and soften. The addition of onions or garlic is optional.
Sentimental Bloke isn’t headcheese also from the pig?
@@4philipp It certainly is, yummo, Scott Rea has some easy to follow recipes for head cheese, if you are interested.
Famous dish for blood of the pig here in the philippines is Dinuguan comes from the word dugo which means blood. Its a simple dish but its really good. Its only blood squeezed with lemon grass t o break it down. You can also add intestines and other organs to add texture.
Thanks for sharing this video, great information. God bless
I totally praise y’all on how y’all do things step by step and being clean about it and I totally enjoy y’all channel 🍀🍀🍀💕💕💕💕
KILLER video guys!! That is going to provide some super tasty meals for you guys and the dogs!! So great to see you guys using every part of the animal. Cheers to wholesome, local food!!
Dans Bois Homestead, Thanks!! We are happy, being deprived of veggies this winter had me depressed (who knew Alaska wouldn't have a great selection of veggies at a good price in the middle of winter) but a local heritage hog helped me see the light at the end of tunnel. Soon we can garden :)
Great video wish there were more vids like this and i wish more people would suffer through watching them to learn more about where meat comes from you guys are doing a great job I hope you included your kids so they learn early
Joe Bailey thank you ☺ it's just us and our critters as of now.
I have never butchered an animal but always wanted to learn, I always figure you can never learn too much about how to get your own food. :) Thanks for the great video!
Lol your geese love you 😁 just to cute love the mix greens for canning thanks
Good job did this when I was growing up usally two per year .Really good meat.
Your background is so beautiful it almost looks fake. Nature is so awesome.
great job thanks for sharing I enjoyed the learning
Really nice job. I appreciate the calmness. You did not speak to to packing your freezer. When I do butchering, I strive to not overload my chest freezer(home chest freezers can't freeze nearly as well as blast freezers and such). That means I arrange it so the wrapped meat is only one layer thick and not touching while it freezes in the freezer. The rest might be in the fridge or in coolers, or in a steel barrel with a lid, layered in ice or in your case snow.
I'm a new subscriber and i found out all your videos informative and interesting, so I watched the whole day. Never been boring.
Really enjoyed this video...great information...I’ve only butchered small game when I was a kid so this was very interesting, thank you.
my wife and i just moved to Alaska and pigs are one thing we are considering raising. we have other animals as well but raising our own pork will open up a lot of diversity with food prep
I’ve also used the rendered leaf fat and mix in a little beeswax and made my own jar candles. They burn pretty good. Love your videos.
Elizabeth Johns, yes I read about this and wanted to try it! We had about 80 lbs of fat from our last pigs and rendered almost all of it but I'm not sure if I will have enough this time. Great idea! :)
Another excellent video chock full of useful info. Kudos to you both!
Wow I love you guys video’s, it’s always been my dream to live the way you guys do.
It was very tastefully done without the graphic aspect I could actually look at it without gagging which is kind of amazing thank you for teaching us this is a good video for preppers
Great video, I've been butchering my own pigs for 2 years now, and I can honestly say that the meat quality is far superior than any pork you can buy at the store. plus I like the fact that I know what the pig is eating.
keep up the great videos.
Bradley Coles, Thanks! We definitely feel the same, we feel like the diet and the life they lived are important to us as well.