just two things worry me...
My boyfriend Sam has always wanted pigs. He's not a mad animal lover, but is he very keen on a good joint of pork with perfect crackling, and he's not adverse to a bacon sandwich with a smattering of English mustard either. You already get the idea where our pig project is heading, and I have to admit there's a lot more in it for us than for the pigs.
The whole family is very committed to good food, and that means good produce as well as a good cooking. I think it was when Sam's sister Abi bought him the River Cottage Meat Book that it really got serious. For starters, night time cuddling and canoodling was out - Sam was engrossed learning about the 'half hour sizzle' and resting times, along with different cooking techniques for different cuts of meat.
When we moved up to Cumbria, Sam started measuring up his mum's chicken area in the garden and working out how much of it he would need to fence off for two pigs. A bit of persuading everyone that pig keeping would be a doddle and some internet research to find local pig suppliers, and here we are - pig owners.
So far only two things have worrying me;
1 - the size of the mummy pigs at the farm where we picked up our weeners from - I know it sounds daft, but I'd kinda forgotten how big pigs can get. Our farmer did show us pigs at the age that ours will reach, and they weren't so bad.... but its not like a little cat or a rabbit, these are big beasts.
2 - the 'guide to pig keeping' book doesn't arrive till next week.
The whole family is very committed to good food, and that means good produce as well as a good cooking. I think it was when Sam's sister Abi bought him the River Cottage Meat Book that it really got serious. For starters, night time cuddling and canoodling was out - Sam was engrossed learning about the 'half hour sizzle' and resting times, along with different cooking techniques for different cuts of meat.
When we moved up to Cumbria, Sam started measuring up his mum's chicken area in the garden and working out how much of it he would need to fence off for two pigs. A bit of persuading everyone that pig keeping would be a doddle and some internet research to find local pig suppliers, and here we are - pig owners.
So far only two things have worrying me;
1 - the size of the mummy pigs at the farm where we picked up our weeners from - I know it sounds daft, but I'd kinda forgotten how big pigs can get. Our farmer did show us pigs at the age that ours will reach, and they weren't so bad.... but its not like a little cat or a rabbit, these are big beasts.
2 - the 'guide to pig keeping' book doesn't arrive till next week.
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