ANIMAL RITES - SLAUGHTER DAYS
HOG SLAUGHTERPIGS AND HOGS CAN BE READILY PURCHASED FROM LOCAL SUPPLIERS AND ALSO BACKYARD BREEDERS FOR ABOUT 200 DOLLARS.
An animal is quickly killed by a single bullet to the brain. Once movement has stopped ,the pig is hoisted to hang while its blood is drained. The hair is normally removed with a blow torch and scraping, sometimes assisted by boiling water washes. It is then gutted and butchered.
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No parts of the animals are wasted.
The skin is dried on crude fencing, the body is cut and separated. This takes several men a long time to prepare a large animal.
The skin is dried on crude fencing, the body is cut and separated. This takes several men a long time to prepare a large animal.
Chicharrones are crispy pieces of deep fried pig skin. They can be found right in the snack aisle at grocery stores, right next to the potato chips. They come in all flavors.
At home, the large sheets of skins are dried briefly in the sun after cleaning, They can be cut into any size pieces and cooked directly in large pots of rendered fat that was taken from the slaughtered animals. |