Baymule’s Journal

[Baymule]

Hogs yield a lot more meat. Lambs look a lot bigger until you take their clothes off. And LOTS of guts!

 

[SteepedInSheep]

The guts are what makes sheep and goats disappointing to process. They look soooo fat until you gut them!
I rendered some fat and let me tell you, the smell was not good. I've made tallow and lard and the smell didn't bother me. This smelled like the lamb was standing in my kitchen with his wool on fire. Ugh. I haven't tasted it yet but I'm reluctant to.

 

[murphysranch]

Do you have a really sharp boning knife to do this work?

 

[Baymule]

Do you have a really sharp boning knife to do this work?

I use Old Hickory knives. My favorite skinning knife is an Old Hickory paring knife. It quickly became Kyle and Courtney’s favorite knife too. I use both the small paring knife and the long kitchen knives in quartering the carcass and processing the meat. Kyle brought his fancy knives but they just didn’t compare to my Old Hickory knives.

 

[Baymule]

The guts are what makes sheep and goats disappointing to process. They look soooo fat until you gut them!
I rendered some fat and let me tell you, the smell was not good. I've made tallow and lard and the smell didn't bother me. This smelled like the lamb was standing in my kitchen with his wool on fire. Ugh. I haven't tasted it yet but I'm reluctant to.

The fat has a smell, but not real strong. The pot is still in the refrigerator. I’ve dug out the chunks to drop one in the dogs food and they have gobbled it right up. So there is a use for the blobs after I reheat and strain it. If it is unsuitable for using for cooking, I can always spoon it over the dog food for added fat. I’m going to can it in pint jars.

 

[Baymule]

@Ridgetop and her husband arrived yesterday afternoon with Ozel. I’m posting the lover’s tryst in Buford’s journal. So far, she doesn’t like him!

 

[Margali]

I can't give you a live weight or hanging weight. I'll have to do better at this.

Remember you do have access a digital scale while sheep sitting.

Puppies!! Come on Ozel & Buford!!

 

[Baymule]

Leaving for Corpus Christi this morning to see a school program this evening that middle granddaughter is in. Taking Ozel, she is in the trailer that I'm gonna need for picking up a horse in the morning and coming home. Ozel is taking a road trip with me, riding in the back seat, will stay in the trailer tonight in DD's yard. Maybe when she comes back, she will be so glad to be here after that terrible trip that she will go into full blown heat and seduce Buford. Maybe. Or not.

Houston news has been screaming for almost 2 weeks about the bad storm that is gonna sweep across Texas and drown everyone. Their usual hysteria. Looks like I can get home before the rain starts and it is not going to be a Noah's Flood.

 

[fuzzi]

Panic sells.

 

[Ridgetop]

Hope you beat the storm safely.