Another EXCELLENT video. Jowl bacon is my absolute favorite. I grew up eating it at my Grandma's house, since it was my Grandpa's favorite as well. Grandma cooked up the head and picked the meat as you showed for the turine. Then she ground the meat in her hand cranked meat grinder along with some extra lean meat chunks. The resulting mince went into a kettle with the broth and some oatmeal, salt and plenty of black pepper and was cooked a while more until the mixture was thick and the rest of the meat was well cooked. That mix was then put into the loaf pan to chill and set. Later it was sliced thin, batter dipped and fried in some lard or bacon dripping and served at breakfast along with our eggs. Like Olivia, it was my favorite as a kid. She called it "headmeat", which is not a very appetizing name, but I have later found a similar recipe under the more traditional name of Scrapple.

@LumnahAcres

6 жыл бұрын

no that name is not appetizing nor is head cheese! Lol I like head to tail terrine! :)

Morning! Enjoy your teaching vlogs. Have sent my pigs to local butcher who takes care of everything--- maybe next time I'll do it at home.

Very good tutorial Al nothing went to waste

I literally LOL'D when he said, "there's NO BRAIN in the there!" He was really shocked having not seen it before. Good job stumping the teacher Al! LOL I think I heard someone say it had washed out the snout? Is that what happened? I couldn't hear what you guys were saying around the table. I did enjoy actually seeing you be able to do some of your own butchering. We hadn't seen that yet. Good job!! I'm so proud of Miss Olivia for trying the sandwich meat. The fact that she LOVES it is even more impressive. A lot of children today would turn that away. You guys are raising an amazing young lady and from grandmothers view point it really warms the soul. I remember my great grandmother and great grandfather butchering their hog but I was small and they didn't let us join in. Now I was allowed in the kitchen to help cook it which is where I got my cooking skills but this part is what I wanted and want to learn. Thanks so much for sharing all of this. God Bless you all~Lisa

Al this is another very educational and informative video showing the in's and out's of butchery

Wow that terrine sounded good. I've never had it before, but would like to try it. That's great that Olivia isn't afraid to eat stuff like that. Most kids are picky eaters.

@LumnahAcres

6 жыл бұрын

Olivia ate it and said it taste like pork

When i was young, i worked as a butcher in Hanna Alberta Canada. Not sure if your a Hockey fan.....Lanny Mcdonald's ( a NHL legend) Mom introduced me to how great head cheese is. Way to go Olivia! Awesome series my brothe

You brought in very knowledgeable men to demonstrate this process. Glad you did !

Not my cup of tea, but I gave a like because it is well done and informative. Clearly titled and no way you would click on this by accident.

@LumnahAcres

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

And yet another great educational video from Al! Thank you Al!! :)

Good presentation and most folks don't realize that there is not much on an animal that is not edible. Mostly bone and cartilage. Good to know that the head cheese was good and well liked. They really take their time and explain what they are doing so everyone learns what needs to be done and why. :-)

That, was, A.M.A.Z.I.N.G! Thank you so much for sharing...

awesome!!!! I wake every day to watch your videos prior to work!!!

@LumnahAcres

6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a good way to start your day! :) Thank you

This is so interesting and informative. I'm glad you're covering so much detail. Justin's HHF video was really just a teaser.

Beautiful job

I did this yesterday, and just fried up my hockey puck for lunch!

Love these vlogs,,, can't wait for the next one,,

This brings back fond memories. My Grandma made wonderful head cheese.

Beautiful video Al.

that's is so cool. sending a picture soon of our chicks hatched from our incubator, we won. Thank you so much for sharing. God Bless.

@LumnahAcres

6 жыл бұрын

Cant wait to see the chicks!

Great video. Very informative. Thank you very much for sharing.

Very good video. Good to know I can freeze the meat for a later date to cure. Thank you very much.

Interesting didn't know that's what went into making that, maybe I'll try making that with my pig heads 🤔

@LumnahAcres

6 жыл бұрын

You will have to try it

Really like this learning video. Was great!

so good. thank you so much for doing this.

Head cheese is the best! These videos are very informative thanks

WOW... loved this video Al... and the Terrine looks absolutely delicious !!!! I can just imagine having a taste of it and my mouth waters... Thanks for sharing . :)

GREAT and simple. Would like more upclose to really see the detail cutting! Thankyou and just love your building of this outdoor kitchen. Enjoy all the increase the Lord has provided you with and we thank him and give him praise always BCUS we want more and to stay in his favor, Amen!!

@LumnahAcres

6 жыл бұрын

We will be uploading more videos on this process soon!

Very interesting Al. Love the content. Thank you for the info and how to make some delicious food. This is definitely worth watching again and saving for reference. Wish I wasn't so far from you I would have loved to have been there.

Thank you for sharing. I was hoping you'd get to share how you process the head. I've never tried Terrine but it looked delicious! I bet it was very flavorful.

Amazing video thanks for sharing love it

Great job thank you!

Outstanding !

Great job very interesting always learn something new

Very nice video! Blessings

Great information

Lovely looking brawn at the end there.

Great one. Very educational. Awesome! Greetings from Andreas on Off Grid Sweden

Like what you need is more to do, I'd love to see a long compilation of the hog harvesting at Lumnah Acres. Not any time soon, I know how hard video editing is. I'm enjoying these and wanted to congratulate you on a great job of running the workshop. Good Job!

Thanks for sharing

As always very informative and interesting. I would have never known how much use there was for the head, I guess I just figured there wasn't much use for it and not worth the effort. Clearly there is a good amount of good meat and the sandwich meat looked really interesting too!

@LumnahAcres

6 жыл бұрын

It is amazing how much good meat there is one the head!

AS always very good share !

Very informative video, will allow me not to waste animal, and therefore meat in the future.

hi good morning guys thanks for sharing the very informative tips and information was greatly appreciated .Thanks Al other great day around the homestead i think your doing a great job with your channel which benefits so manu of us subscribers in subscribers land Good Morning to you both Gina and Olivia hope you both Have wonderful day today .til the next Video beautiful family God bless bye 🐖🐖🐓🐓🐔🐔🐔🐣🐣🐤🐥🚺💕👍👍👍👍👍😘😘😘😘🅿️🐕.

That looks delicious.

Thats a first for me. Hmmm what an idea no waste👍

The best part to make brawn from that head. although I am partial to the head roasted after I have removed the brains for steaming in a white sauce and the tongue for cooking and having cold on sandwiches... just my thoughts .

@barbtalbott8911

6 жыл бұрын

Down here in Texas it would go to tamales. :)

yummy i love that not had it in a while but it is lovely

Thank you AL for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden bye 👋 bye 👋 👨‍👩‍👧👸👕👓🐩🐔🐓🐥🐈🐕🐖🐐🌱🏡🎥👍👍👍

Great video, I'm betting the smells of the cooking broth must have been amazing

@LumnahAcres

6 жыл бұрын

It sure was! We kept getting whiffs of it all day.

All the superlatives have been taken......yes, the torrini (head cheese) was delicious!

OH NO MISS PIGS 🐷 HAD NO BRAIN....😮 J/K THANKS FOR SHARING THIS PROCESS AL

That dude eating!

Wow Al! Nice shot!! On saving the jowl bacon for later, are you not dry curing your bacon slabs?

@LumnahAcres

6 жыл бұрын

We are doing an equilibrium cure

What caliber did he use to dispatch the hogs?

I would like to see close up videos please! That's where the learning is.

As Jack says, harvesting pork means using everything but the squeal. Did you make head cheese Al? Cracklins?

@LumnahAcres

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, even better we never got the squeal. Yes we made all of that

Can you freeze any portion of the hog to cure later? Could you freeze a green ham then cure it to country ham later? Im doing my own pigs for first time and dont wont to waste any of it. Im very thankful for what these animals are providing and want to honor every bit but being able to freeze then cure would vreatly help me since Im doing this alone and have little time to spare between work and farm chores. Any help, helps! Thank you. You guys are awesome and making great educational videos!!!!!

Harvesting and butchering my first pig on Monday. This will be a big step forward for me in my homesteading/self sufficiency journey and an even bigger step up from just roosters, hens and ducks.. i was going to use my .45, is this overkill? I just wanted it to be human and was worried a 22 wasn't going to be large enough. I only have a 9 ml, 556 and .45 (edc) . Now i'm worried after seeing the second head processing that perhaps it might shatter the skull too much and make it a bit harder to pick out the bone fragments? I was given a deer leg with alot of shrapnel in it and it was rather difficult and unpleasant to find bone fragments and lead where you wouldn't expect it. Thanks so much for the informative and approachable videos. I've been getting alot of backlash from the local vegetarians and hardcore Christians for harvesting this "unclean" meat. So watching your vids on this has made it feel what it is, ethical, resourceful and down right natural!

Did the folks in the class get to taste the terrine?

@LumnahAcres

6 жыл бұрын

Yes we all had a chance to eat it on day 3.

You guys going to make some Pennsylvania Dutch scrapple?

@LumnahAcres

6 жыл бұрын

We arn't but my father inlaw told me about iy

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After the head was halved and (before or after) the jowl bacon removed, did you wash out say, the nostrils, teeth, and eye cavities? I don't know how to put that more delicately. If so, how was that done? And were the eyes, and brain removed before putting in the pot to cook? I so want to make terrine now! I'm seriously going to have to make it to one of their workshops one day!

@LumnahAcres

6 жыл бұрын

We clean the head really good on day one. What state are you in?

@NS-pf2zc

6 жыл бұрын

Lumnah Acres - I must have missed that part. I'm in VA. We are just a small homestead, but really want to learn how to do it all right! Also, we have a bit of a different set up as far as pigs go in that we raise Guinea Hogs and have so far only butchered younger ones as needed. The idea being we have dinner on the hoof and not in the freezer, while the main pigs breed to provide new stock.

Where are you guys located and are you still doing hands-on things like this? Do these patrons have stock in the hog before, I.E. do you pay for a hog to be raised then you taje part in it and vet a portion?

Stoney Ridge Farmer and Big Family Homestead are having KZread issues also, I'm thinking its a snowflake PC issue.

@LumnahAcres

6 жыл бұрын

YT is doing it to all channels

If I have a 5lb piece of belly to make bacon, how much salt do I use and how long in my fridge to smoke my bacon? What are the calculations?

Very interesting. Do you think you could do this by yourself now with help

@LumnahAcres

6 жыл бұрын

Yes but with the help of others.

What is head cheese?

What brand of knife he was using?

@LumnahAcres

6 жыл бұрын

It could be a dexter

9:53 look at the mans facial expression on the left

Really good teacher! Are you going to smoke some of your meat?

I feel a little disappointed in myself, we had a pig butchered and I didn't know what to do with the head. It went away and we lost way to much goodness. Never again!

@LumnahAcres

6 жыл бұрын

Now you know! It was very good!

There is a better faster way to do that while head is still on the carcass break the atlas joint cut the esophagus and right buy the right ear u will see that cheek meat push the tip of knife on the meat line and make a big cut to chin while pulling the right ear to your left go around to the other ear takes about 6 to 8 seconds

Zoom in dude

Hey guys can you post the videos on your website and show whatever you want with a small disclaimer. And not use KZread as a video player. I would like to see the marksman shot of AL lol. I have watched these type of videos on KZread and only difference was a small warning/disclaimer at the beginning.

Should wear a face mask to cover facial hair

DON'T USE LEAD SHOT!! USDA DOES NOT ALLOW ANIMALS THE BE KILLED WITH LEAD SHOT CAUSE IT FRAGMENTS SO SMALL YOU CAN'T SEE THE FRAGMENTS!! THE HEAD WOULD BE CONDEMNED BY USDA AND NOT FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION!