My neighbor came over and said hey the school is throwing these away. WOWSERS I scored 300lbs of frozen prok roasts. All cryovac sealed. These 5 are going to be done for a party for my 2 yr old grandaughter on the 20th. I think 59lbs should feed 67 people ;D
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They filled my freezer to the top.
nepas
SCORE!!
HOLY CRAP
That will keep you busy for a wile
Quote from: NePaSmoKer on July 09, 2009, 03:25:10 PM...I think 59lbs should feed 67 people
Barely (if half of them are vegetarians and you don't want any leftovers).
Major Score!!!
Holy cow..i mean curly tail flat nosed critter!
wonderful score!!
Who better to get this than Nepas? You know he will make good use of it!! ;D
You need that V8 Smokehouse!
Why on earth would they throw 300# of pork away? Bad for them good for you! :)
Quote from: pensrock on July 09, 2009, 04:57:56 PM
Why on earth would they throw 300# of pork away? Bad for them good for you! :)
300lbs is what i got. The total they were tossing was 1000lbs. It was a couple months out of date and the new supplier they are using will not sell to them if they have stored, out of date food. So the 1000lbs got split up between my neighbor and 2 other workers.
nepas
300lbs is what i got. The total they were tossing was 1000lbs. It was a couple months out of date and the new supplier they are using will not sell to them if they have stored, out of date food. So the 1000lbs got split up between my neighbor and 2 other workers.
nepas
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At least you did not HOG it all! ;D :D ;D ;D
Rick,
I'm trying to think of something humorous to say but I am totally stumped. How good for you! I know that 300 lbs. won't go to waste. OUT FREAKIN' STANDING!!!!!!!
KyNola
Quote from: KyNola on July 09, 2009, 06:29:42 PM
Rick,
I'm trying to think of something humorous to say but I am totally stumped. How good for you! I know that 300 lbs. won't go to waste. OUT FREAKIN' STANDING!!!!!!!
KyNola
:D :D
Yeah i am thinking about something too, but i just dont have the words right now. :D :D
nepas
Yikes! Thats a lot of pork!
Time to make some Sausage!!!!! When you building the Walk-in? Damn your not allowed any new toys. But it really wouldn't be a new toy if you put a couple bags of frozen corn in there out of the kitchen fridge!!!
Holy hog NePas! ::) Good on you ! ;)
I just picked up 20 lbs of Tender Quick... for free too! I don't use it a lot, except for curing but what the heck, the price was right! :D
Mike
Man you guys get all the breaks or should I say "FREEBES" :'(
Quote from: Mr Walleye on July 10, 2009, 06:31:47 AM
Holy hog NePas! ::) Good on you ! ;)
I just picked up 20 lbs of Tender Quick... for free too! I don't use it a lot, except for curing but what the heck, the price was right! :D
Mike
Mike
They have a saying up here in coal country. If it's free it's for me :D i hade to learn all this lingo :D
nepas
QuoteThey have a saying up here in coal country. If it's free it's for me
I'm familiar with that saying however no one has EVER gave me any pork let alone 300# of it! :)
Well i did 3 of the pork roasts. Here are the results and some Pros/Cons
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Pros
They were free ;D
Half of the roast was nice and juicy tender when shredding
The net came right off. I was worried they would burn or melt.
They didnt take long to cook/smoke
The Carlonia Treet injection worked great
Cons
No bone which made some of the meat kinda dry
Not as much fat to render down through the meat.
These would do great to smoke for a few hours then into the crock pot.
nepas
They look really good, what temp was the UDS at?
Quote from: pensrock on July 12, 2009, 05:29:14 PM
They look really good, what temp was the UDS at?
The UDS stayed between 225 and 250*
nepas
With the injection, do think it might have been a tasty "slicer" at a lower IT?
Quote from: Smokin Soon on July 12, 2009, 07:44:35 PM
With the injection, do think it might have been a tasty "slicer" at a lower IT?
Yeah that might be the way next time. And doing in my Traeger ;D
nepas
It does look a little dry but some good BBQ sauce would make me happy, you want my address?
Did you have a water pan in the UDS?
Wow Nepas!
What a beautiful roast!
Congrats on the 300 lbs of pork. I know it's all in roast but that's about a pig and half if it was hanging weight! Youzzers is right!
I am a believer in God's providence and this once again confirms it!
So there!
Carolyn
Quote from: OU812 on July 13, 2009, 06:41:31 AM
It does look a little dry but some good BBQ sauce would make me happy, you want my address?
Did you have a water pan in the UDS?
No didnt use a water pan on these. Next time yes i will use one. These i did were for a couple guys who work with my neighbor, they will eat anything out of their norm :D
nepas
Quote from: Caribou on July 13, 2009, 06:43:14 AM
Wow Nepas!
What a beautiful roast!
Congrats on the 300 lbs of pork. I know it's all in roast but that's about a pig and half if it was hanging weight! Youzzers is right!
I am a believer in God's providence and this once again confirms it!
So there!
Carolyn
TY Carolyn
The pup is getting big and what did you do to the chickens :D Reminds me of growing up on my parents chicken farm in Calif.
SO THERE ;D
nepas
Quote from: NePaSmoKer on July 13, 2009, 06:50:41 AM
Quote from: Caribou on July 13, 2009, 06:43:14 AM
Wow Nepas!
What a beautiful roast!
Congrats on the 300 lbs of pork. I know it's all in roast but that's about a pig and half if it was hanging weight! Youzzers is right!
I am a believer in God's providence and this once again confirms it!
So there!
Carolyn
TY Carolyn
The pup is getting big and what did you do to the chickens :D Reminds me of growing up on my parents chicken farm in Calif.
SO THERE ;D
nepas
:D :D :D :D
I had three roosters that needed to be "utilized" yesterday.
I laid them on the counter after I plucked them and saw a photo op I couldn't pass up!
Because we hatch our own chickens for egg layers we do get extra roosters that we can use for meat which dress out around 3lbs.
I do have three big meat chickens that I'm trying to raise to roaster weight.
So there...my friend!
Carolyn
Carolyn
Carolyn
When i was growing up my dad showed me how to hipnotize a chicken then lop its head off. I was laughing so hard when he showed me that but it works.
Poor chicken ;D
nepas
Oh yeah
SO THERE
:D :D :D
I've had a few friends tell me about hypnotizing chickens and I had one try to show me how but they couldn't get the chicken to do it.
How did your dad do it? This friend was holding the chicken over a line in our concrete driveway and making the chicken stare at it. Then rocking the chicken back and forth along the line. LOL :D :D
It didn't work. ::)
Carolyn
Quote from: Caribou on July 13, 2009, 07:59:15 AM
:D :D :D
I've had a few friends tell me about hypnotizing chickens and I had one try to show me how but they couldn't get the chicken to do it.
How did your dad do it? This friend was holding the chicken over a line in our concrete driveway and making the chicken stare at it. Then rocking the chicken back and forth along the line. LOL :D :D
It didn't work. ::)
Carolyn
Put the chicken in the dirt make sure his neck is sticking out straight and the beak is down on the dirt. Make a line in the dirt with your finger from the beak out about 6", keep going over the line and slowly release the chicken. it will just stare at the line you made then LOP ;D
nepas
Oh, so it does involve a line...my friend had the right idea then.
I'll have to try that for fun.
I'm not a lopper though, I use a sharp knife and nick.
Carolyn
We had a 1x6 about a foot long with notches cut on the end to slide the feet in. Would hang 5 at a time on an old swing set. That way the meat wouldn't get bruised up when they was floppin around.
Yeah 10.5, that's what I do, hang them upside down on the horizontal beam at the entrance of the chicken yard.
I do three at a time, that seems to be my limit.
When I processed my first birds, I read around online and it seems that most county extension sites recommend hanging them by their feet and nicking them on the neck.
It's pretty humane, they bleed out completely and do not get bruised or dirty.
I know a lot of folks that raise meat birds pay someone else about a $1 a bird to process them and it really adds up to the cost of the meat in the end.
Now with my beef I do pay some one to do that!
But I still usually come in at under $2 a pound total so I figure it's well worth it.
Carolyn
Quote from: Caribou on July 13, 2009, 12:21:17 PM... Yeah 10.5, that's what I do, hang them upside down on the horizontal beam at the entrance of the chicken yard.
I bet that sight makes the other birds behave themselves!
Quote from: Ka Honu on July 13, 2009, 02:44:24 PM
Quote from: Caribou on July 13, 2009, 12:21:17 PM... Yeah 10.5, that's what I do, hang them upside down on the horizontal beam at the entrance of the chicken yard.
I bet that sight makes the other birds behave themselves!
:D :D :D
You're right KaHonu!
The remaining roosters are always remarkably quiet the day after slaughter day!
Carolyn