by Kate
Saturday we butchered with the young group. This was the second year that we have done it so we kind of knew how to run everything.
Killing the hogs went very smoothly.
Gutting and skinning.
Science lesson from Craig.
Tabitha and I watching. There wasn’t anything to do until they started cutting off chunks of meat for us to cut.
Once Laura came, we mixed all the spices.
Jacob showing Ryan what to do.
Almost done skinning.
Brittney, Anna, and I got the first shift using the grinder.
Cutting the meat into chunks so they can be put through the grinder.
Rascal got plenty of bones.
The people at the right table are still cutting, and the people at the left table are packaging.
Cutting.
Packaging.
Jesse and Craig cooked up some meat to sample.
Packaging up the ribs.
Still cutting.
More packaging.
Tori took some of the girls downstairs to start doing dishes.
Waiting for our delivery assignments.
Deciding who will deliver what where.
Some of the people in Tori’s car.
Waiting for the rest of the people to come back from delivering.
Lunch time.
While I was getting something, they (I think it was Brittany) took off the oranges and put on another roll, and then Tori took a picture of it to make it look like all I was eating was rolls and cookies. I wasn’t!
We had a great day.
Also, we didn’t take any pictures of her, but Mom was in the house busy making rolls and soups and getting everything ready for lunch. I don’t think Mom or Dad ever came out to the shed.
THE END.
[editor’s note: Kate’s right. Dad & I never set foot in the shed. The kids handled it all and, from all reports, they did fine without us. I did indeed make rolls and soup, but Friday the girls had chopped all the vegetables for the soup, made all the cookies and bars, and sliced all the cheese and relishes. And Sarah was a good help since Kate & Tori were outside all morning.]
