NH Homesteader's journal

[frustratedearthmother]

Moving right along! Ya'll are making me want to go harvest something. I'm taking some vaca days next week...maybe I can get something done then.

 

[NH Homesteader]

Goat is cut up, DH is cooking up a few pieces for a taste test...

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Does red meat or pork require the 3 day rest period to allow the rigor to pass the way poultry does???

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Forgive me for being morbid, but... how do you kill a pig or goat prior to processing? I assume gun? What gauge?

 

[NH Homesteader]

We prefer to let it hang a few days, but at least 24 hours. He has used a bunch of different guns, this time he used a .38 and it went really well (quickly, successful first shots).

I can't bring myself to eat the goat meat tonight, but DH said it was good, like non-gamey venison. He liked it better than the lamb we had, though we tried lamb from a fine wool breed, which tends to be gamier.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

but DH said it was good, like non-gamey venison.

Oh - that's a perfect way to describe the taste! To me it's a very rich, deep, full-flavored meat...almost sweet - but not really...? So, to compare it to non-gamey venison is almost perfect. Dang, I need to eat me some goat, lol!

 

[baymule]

I can't wait for you to try him. I have an issue though when I butcher something...I don't want to eat it very soon. I need to put it in the freezer and 'forget' who it used to be before I chow down on it, lol.

I don't have that problem. I have been known to write their name on the package.

 

[NH Homesteader]

Apparently my husband is with you. I just found a package labeled "Charlie " lol.

I've got to get my hands on some hair sheep meat. I'm torn between kikos and a couple katahdin ewes. The katahdins could hang with my shetlands, if we like the meat as much as he likes goat I would rather keep more sheep. Plus they're about half the price of kikos lol. I have a couple of years before I'll be ready for anything new, just thinking now

Gross weather today, I was supposed to go shopping but that can wait. Icy roads are no good!

 

[Lazy Gardener]

I would love to try some. Perhaps if I cooked some, and hubby liked it, he'd see the benefit of having a goat or two around: to eat all the brambles, poison ivy, then turn th

 

[NH Homesteader]

Hydroponics trial run #1

Notice the snow outside? Loving this!