Anything AND everything!

[NH homesteader]

Holy cow. I have a much smaller, less expensive grinder that'll do the job and my husband built a smoker out of free stuff we've scrounged. It'll manage lol. Do you use seasonings?

 

[micah wotring]

We have a grinder almost exactly like that! No smoker though. We just use a little built in part of our grill and bur cherry chips. XD My dad is the same way! Over-engineers everything. I like him.

 

[Mini Horses]

Wow, those Mangalista's have some long legs, for a hog. Just can't get over the curls
And I LOVE the dog by them, by the way!!

Ahhhh....a grinder that surely is a commercial type. I have a hand one , it does what I need (which isn't much). since I eat little of that type of meat. BUT do plan to cure my slabs of bacon this winter. They patiently wait in the freezer. My smoker will be a grill type, also.

If you do a lot of grind/smoke, I would feel the expense of those great pieces of equipment might be doable. They are not in my budget.

 

[NH homesteader]

They are far from in my budget too! I do have an electric grinder. It's awesome, we just used it to make a bunch of sausage. It wasn't that expensive I don't think.

Our pork belly is sitting in the freezer too, we will get to them at some point lol

 

[Alexz7272]

@Latestarter Here is the grinder we purchased, it is a 1hp commercial grinder: http://www.cabelas.com/product/CARN...ategoryId=734095080&CQ_search=grinder&CQ_st=b
It was expensive, $500 but it was all about the horsepower for Aaron
BUT I will say thought, it is a powerhouse. We did roughly 100lbs of pork in about 15-20 minutes.

@NH homesteader We do use seasoning! I make alot from scratch and using old Lithuanian recipes. The one for those snack sticks was garlic powder, red pepper, onion powder, brown sugar, curing salt, cayenne pepper, paprika, sugar and mustard seed (I think that is all of it!) We've also tried the pre-made seasoning at the hunting stores and they are pretty good too!

 

[Alexz7272]

I have nothing going on at the farm so feel guilty I'm not on as much and not doing anything helpful and just posting random stuff.
But! My birthday is this friday and I've been eyeing these cowboy boots for about a year but $180 is ridiculous! Well....Aaron took me today and got them as my gift! I am so happy! He said now I have another pair of shoes to wear everywhere instead of my mucking boot 99% of the time

And horrible pictures he took quickly

Photobombed by mr Vladimir too

 

[Latestarter]

Gosh, you're a skinny little thing! So what's so ridiculous about a good pair of boots being $180? I tend to wear mine inside the pant legs though... Happy birthday!

 

[NH homesteader]

I was just wondering where you've been... Apparently getting sweet new boots! That's a heck of a lot of hay money, lol. Can you tell I don't buy nice things often? When I have extra money I buy more goats

 

[NH homesteader]

Oh and happy almost birthday! I'll forget so I'll say it now

 

[Baymule]

Happy Birthday! Nice boots. Sometimes we just have to spoil ourselves a little. So sweet of Aaron to go buy them for you. He's a keeper!