Originally Posted by wanderingcreek
I miss living on the farm. We raised our own pigs, chickens, turkeys and a cow every year. My kids were 12 and 13 when we got the first 4 pigs and we explained to them what we were raising them for. They named them "Pork Chop, Bacon, Ham and Ribs" because they said that is what they were going to be. They helped feed them and there were no problems when butchering time came or with eating any of the meat. Everything tastes better when you raise it yourself.
I was raised on a small farm also. I can still hear my little sister, when we had beef, "Is this Blackie?". mom fixed her a baloney sand. & she was fine. We canned & froze a lot of chickens ! can still smell the hot water that softened the feathers for pulling ! but you can not beat the taste of
a home--grown chicken ! fried chicken on Sunday ! I wonder how my Mom did all the work that canning, etc required ? she is still going strong at 96!