I'm so excited. I'm getting bacon, ham, lard, pork chops, & a nice roast. this lady I buy raw milk from offered half a pig. I'm excited to taste it & see if I want to raise pigs for meat.
We get pork from a local farmer, and it is DEEEE-LISH. I also like it because it's helped me expand my eating horizons to include new things. We get the ground pork unseasoned, and I've discovered some new wonderful recipes that I never would've tried.
ninnymary, a half a pig is not as much meat as you think. The first year we ordered we got a half, just to see how we liked it. Now, we always get two whole pigs- and there is just two of us eating it! I guess you know who the "pigs" are!
lesa, 2 whole pigs! We are not hugh meat eaters. Trying to eat fish 2 times a week and even that is hard. I know it depends on your area but about how much does 1/2 pig cost? I won't make any joking comments about you being a "piggy".
Around six hundred for both of them...they are pasture raised and the price includes butchering. The ironic thing is that I was a vegetarian for 30 years- and wouldn't have touched pork...Now, I absolutely love it. I feel good about eating this meat. It is raised humanely, has very little fat and is incredibly flavored. I buy it from a couple who lives out in the middle of nowhere. They only raise a few pigs a year. Local, pastured, delicious. Can't go wrong!
this lady is charging $4.00/lb. that's very high. however, I'm willing to do it this one time just to see how we like it. it's just the two of us - but we like to share w/folks, so it'll spread a little farther.