What to Use For a Hog Pen?

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1 pork chop in the skillet at a time.

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1 pork chop covers the whole plate. When I cook them, my husband and I split one.

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Since I had rendered lard from previous hogs and had plenty of quart jars of snowy white lard, I gave Wilbur's fat to a friend.
 
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Put the pallets on the outside of the pen so the pigs don't chew on them. What breed of hog are you getting? I prefer to get heritage breeds, the modern day "lean" hogs meat is dry and tasteless to me. The heritage breeds take a little longer to finish, but the meat is marble with fat, usually darker in color and has FLAVOR.
 
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Baymule said:
Put the pallets on the outside of the pen so the pigs don't chew on them. What breed of hog are you getting? I prefer to get heritage breeds, the modern day "lean" hogs meat is dry and tasteless to me. The heritage breeds take a little longer to finish, but the meat is marble with fat, usually darker in color and has FLAVOR.
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I bought pigs that were a mix between two different kinds. Can't remember what off the top of my head... hampton-something maybe?
Payed $75 each (female, all they had left) for 3 of them and they are about 70 pounds. Hoping they turn out well, especially since I have 3 new customers for pork!
 
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