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sara jane goodey

Joined: 12 Apr 2005
Posts: 45
Location: north wales

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 07 3:02 pm Post subject: Edible pork??
Its me again asking for advice again... My poor 3 year old glos. old spot gilt has got to go she cannot get pregnant and she was for breeding, i'm wondering if she's edible? and if so what can i make her into? would hate her to be only fit for the glue factory having invested food, 4xboar visits and 3x AI. Advice greatly appreciated

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 07 3:05 pm Post subject:
Perfectly edible, would make some nice sausages or even some nice ham.

sara jane goodey

Joined: 12 Apr 2005
Posts: 45
Location: north wales

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 07 3:11 pm Post subject:
Thanks Rob! thats reassured me, just got to find an abbotaire with a big enough tub??!! What age do sows/gilts become unsuitable for eating, or is this just an old wives tale? I must admit I have found the boar taint story a bit of a myth.

NeathChris

Joined: 09 Feb 2006
Posts: 1387
Location: Neath, South Wales

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 07 3:16 pm Post subject:
They can go any age, just hope you can find somewhere who will take her as i am guessing she's quite big.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 07 3:20 pm Post subject:

Never really, they might just get a bit tougher with age, better slow cooked I guess. Some people mix a minced sow with a porker if they are a bit fatty.

I've never had boar taint, or bull taint, or lamb taint, but maybe I've just been lucky

The world & his wife told me my bulls would taste bad if I'd didn't chop off their tackle- never had any complaints though. Only started doing it so we could graze them with the heifers.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 07 3:27 pm Post subject:
Some people say boar taint is a myth, others say the opposite! I've never knowingly eaten boar, so I can't comment, but if it is a myth how has it arisen? Does it only apply, perhaps, to working boars?

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 07 3:42 pm Post subject:

Working boars or boars on jobseekers?

We've had boars up to 15 months & not expereinced it, even after working. At what point it actually becomes a problem (ie what age was the youngest tainted boar?) I don't know, but as it is so vague & so apparently rare, it's difficult to pin down the real cause- the likelyhood being that it is down to a combination of factors inc. feeding, age, working life, handling, transport & killing.

footprints

Joined: 26 May 2005
Posts: 234
Location: North Wales

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 07 3:48 pm Post subject:

sara jane goodey wrote:

Thanks Rob! thats reassured me, just got to find an abbotaire with a big enough tub??!! What age do sows/gilts become unsuitable for eating, or is this just an old wives tale? I must admit I have found the boar taint story a bit of a myth.

Large pig processing does require a big tub. As your butcher for the name of the abbatoir his bacon pigs comes from?

Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
Posts: 8380
Location: Kernow

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 07 8:58 am Post subject:
We sent our 4 yr old tamworth off for sausages last year. By the tiem they'd added rusk etc we had in excess of 2000 sausages. Make sure you have adequate freezer arrangements

@Calli

Joined: 03 Jul 2005
Posts: 1682
Location: Galway

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 07 5:20 pm Post subject:
I was surprised when we got a quote from our nearest abbatoir ( where does the word come from?) 20 quid - Slaughter and Quarter

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 07 5:41 pm Post subject:
We did a old non productive sow recently. Did plan to do her all as sausages but some of the cuts were so nice we used them as per normal. She weighed in in excess of 200kg dead weight. Justme

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 07 8:14 pm Post subject:

Calli wrote:

I was surprised when we got a quote from our nearest abbatoir
( where does the word come from?)

It's French, from abattre meaning to strike down

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