Processing Day Support Group ~ HELP us through the Emotions PLEASE!

[OneMountainAcres]

I just cook down any bones in the crock pot for a couple days and can it just like that. I use it in soup usually. Then, since the bones are so brittle at that point, I blend them in the blender into a kind of paste/slop. I drop a blob in the dogs' food dishes at dinner time every evening (when we have it). They LOVE their "bone slop".

 

[arkwelded]

we call our meat birds "nuggets".

I grew up raising and showing livestock that sometimes ended up on our table. processing the animals was a part of that. the best advice I can give to someone that did not grow up on a farm is to gain some understanding about this whole process. my wife is learning to accept that our birds are able to have a wonderful life with plenty of food, water, and area to roam. every time we butcher she gains more confidence. livestock and poultry add so many things to our lives, they are our pets, entertainment, income, and nourishment.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I just cook down any bones in the crock pot for a couple days and can it just like that. I use it in soup usually. Then, since the bones are so brittle at that point, I blend them in the blender into a kind of paste/slop. I drop a blob in the dogs' food dishes at dinner time every evening (when we have it). They LOVE their "bone slop".

I was going to say, thats bone broth for humans not dogs! thats extremely healthy before you do the blender bones although I am sure bones are good themselves but but but hmmmm I would have to see this bone slop

 

[Sally Sunshine]

we call our meat birds "nuggets".

I grew up raising and showing livestock that sometimes ended up on our table. processing the animals was a part of that. the best advice I can give to someone that did not grow up on a farm is to gain some understanding about this whole process. my wife is learning to accept that our birds are able to have a wonderful life with plenty of food, water, and area to roam. every time we butcher she gains more confidence. livestock and poultry add so many things to our lives, they are our pets, entertainment, income, and nourishment.

 

[Beekissed]

Starting the fall killing of the meat birds tomorrow, though these are not CX. These were hatched in the spring and are now 5 mo. old. Will kill 11 cockerels and one rooster when it's all said and done and will can them. Though I like the large bodies on the males, I'd rather kill hens any old day, especially for canning....they have all that wonderful, golden and silky fat in their abdomens and around their organs that I love to render out and use for cooking.

That will be more than enough meat for us here, as I still have many jars from last year's processing. Will try to vid our killing and skinning method, though I'm none too good on camera or even with the use of the camera. At least folks may get a laugh, if nothing else.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Starting the fall killing of the meat birds tomorrow, though these are not CX. These were hatched in the spring and are now 5 mo. old. Will kill 11 cockerels and one rooster when it's all said and done and will can them. Though I like the large bodies on the males, I'd rather kill hens any old day, especially for canning....they have all that wonderful, golden and silky fat in their abdomens and around their organs that I love to render out and use for cooking.

That will be more than enough meat for us here, as I still have many jars from last year's processing. Will try to vid our killing and skinning method, though I'm none too good on camera or even with the use of the camera. At least folks may get a laugh, if nothing else.

That will be enough for a year?

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Necks and kept innards went from THAT to these..................



cook a bag a broad noodle in a bit a water and when finished add a quart of this heavy stock soup mix right in the water! its so good if I must say so myself!
I hope I can hit it the same way again!!! I cooked it for 28 hours, its so full of flavor

They ate two jars already!! argggg these will never last until spring!!

 

[Beekissed]

That will be enough for a year?

Well...those aren't the only ones that were canned this year. Various culls throughout the year and also culls that were done singly and were in the freezer have also been thawed and canned. I don't even know how many were canned up this year as we use them all the while. I also canned up a rabbit and a haunch from each of the 4 deer taken the first day of the season here, not to mention the squirrels.

Mom and I are not real big meat eaters, so we may eat meat once a week, if that. We also use it for when the kids come to visit and such. We've got more than enough meat for she and I...which is why we have several jars left over from last year's processing before we ever get to start on this year's meat. It's a rolling cycle.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Well...those aren't the only ones that were canned this year. Various culls throughout the year and also culls that were done singly and were in the freezer have also been thawed and canned. I don't even know how many were canned up this year as we use them all the while. I also canned up a rabbit and a haunch from each of the 4 deer taken the first day of the season here, not to mention the squirrels.

Mom and I are not real big meat eaters, so we may eat meat once a week, if that. We also use it for when the kids come to visit and such. We've got more than enough meat for she and I...which is why we have several jars left over from last year's processing before we ever get to start on this year's meat. It's a rolling cycle.

I keep forgetting not everyone has a house full of meat eaters like I do!!! bunch of lions and tigers or bears I swear!

 

[CaseyV]

I keep forgetting not everyone has a house full of meat eaters like I do!!! bunch of lions and tigers or bears I swear!

Same house here Sally, My people think they have to eat meat with every meal.