Post by Tim Horton on Jan 23, 2021 11:23:10 GMT 10
To town for a post office errand..
Found a special at the chain grocery..
Fresh pork legs, ham shank part, for $.99 a pound.. Doing a quick mental exercise of available freezer space, we came home with 8 packages.. Each between 20 to 25 pounds.. This worked well..
We cut up one last fall, smoked the chunks for a while, cooked through in the slow cooker to make pulled pork for ...fill in the blank... use.. Worked well..
There was even some fat to render into snow white lard and cracklings for toast.. Partially freeze strips of pork fat, grind, render lard.. This leaves the crumbly cracklings that are most wonderful spread on toast.. Add a light sprinkle of salt, if necessary.. As good as bacon..... almost....
Looking forward to being able to get to the smoke house.... Will be mid April before that snow melts..
Forgot to mention.... They price groceries in both pounds and kilo here... Especially US products will be in pounds.. Makes it harder sometimes to figure the best deal available..
Found a special at the chain grocery..
Fresh pork legs, ham shank part, for $.99 a pound.. Doing a quick mental exercise of available freezer space, we came home with 8 packages.. Each between 20 to 25 pounds.. This worked well..
We cut up one last fall, smoked the chunks for a while, cooked through in the slow cooker to make pulled pork for ...fill in the blank... use.. Worked well..
There was even some fat to render into snow white lard and cracklings for toast.. Partially freeze strips of pork fat, grind, render lard.. This leaves the crumbly cracklings that are most wonderful spread on toast.. Add a light sprinkle of salt, if necessary.. As good as bacon..... almost....
Looking forward to being able to get to the smoke house.... Will be mid April before that snow melts..
Forgot to mention.... They price groceries in both pounds and kilo here... Especially US products will be in pounds.. Makes it harder sometimes to figure the best deal available..
