Aging Venison: How to Avoid Gamey Meat
Aging venison reduces the notorious gamey flavor and tenderizes the meat to make eating venison a more palatable experience.
Butchering
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Homestead Hog Butchering & Stats
How about a post that probably none of you really care about? Today I’m sharing the instructional videos and information that we used to butcher our own hogs this year as well as the stats for raising our own pork. Are you still with me? That’s why I love you so. I need to post…
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Our Chicken Butchering Set-Up (VIDEO)
It’s important to have a good chicken butchering set up so the day goes as smoothly as possible. Here is how we set ours up on our homestead.
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Our First Time Butchering Chickens
“Four succinct points should be kept in mind when selecting handicrafts and life skills. (taken from Home Education, p. 315)” It was a very educational day for children and adults alike. We began the season with 26 birds and ended up with 19. One chicken was butchered last weekend as a test run to see if this…
