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“Bloody foreigners” eh?

Length: 3 mins Coming over here, breeding like, well, in this case, like pigs… I wonder if — the frankly stone-crazy — Ben Carson would group the original pigs that “colonised” American under that same ‘involuntary immigrants’ category? After all, if he can double-down… Read More »“Bloody foreigners” eh?

Localism; not locavorism

Length: < 1 min Make a note: if you’re close to Bedford or any of the local farmers’s markets in the area, then make some time to buy your meat from Kevin of Morgan Pell meats; enthusiastic, knowledgable and good, good meat. David Kinch… Read More »Localism; not locavorism

Grrls Meat Camp

Length: 2 mins This was an initiative I saw flagged up in a section in the excellent (& passionately written) “Crafted Meat: Or the Wurst Is yet to Come” by Hendrick Haase — who I mentioned in my previous post — which, as he’d… Read More »Grrls Meat Camp

You fat pig, you!

Length: 4 mins Children use this as an insult in the playground but, let’s be honest here, the best tasting pigs are indeed the ones carrying a large amount of fat over their bones. And I know you can partly make up for… Read More »You fat pig, you!

A boy and his pig(s)

Length: 4 mins Does anyone remember the (always) amazing Harlan Ellison’ “A Boy And His Dog” short story (later a film with a very young Don Johnson)? No? Go out and find a copy. You’ll not regret it. You’ll recall that I’ve raved… Read More »A boy and his pig(s)

Orgasms in Iberia

Length: 2 mins I pretty much absolutely love most everything of what Spain has to offer — bull-fighting, treatment of hunting dogs and fucked up Franco/fascist apologists aside — and we’re off to Bilbao later this year to sample again the manifold joys… Read More »Orgasms in Iberia

Women butchers via Butchr…

Length: < 1 min Just a “heads up”, short post, to point out that the fine team at Butchr (aka The Meat Professionals Network) are carrying on adding to and updating the list I started last year of female butchers in the UK — and… Read More »Women butchers via Butchr…

Chasing down Kagoshima Kurobuta かごしま黒豚, sharp ‘blue steel’ knives; gampi washi & Satsuma pottery

Length: 2 mins OK, it probably doesn’t take a genius to figure out, even with just these few words as your only clues, what country we’re planning to be in, sometime in 2017… Yup; we’re off to 日本国, Nippon, also known as Toyoashihara no mizuho… Read More »Chasing down Kagoshima Kurobuta かごしま黒豚, sharp ‘blue steel’ knives; gampi washi & Satsuma pottery

Pick a pintxo; punch a Nazi

Length: 3 mins With events across The Pond unfolding daily, all involving yet more of the madness of The Orange Stain, it’s beginning to look more and more like an outtake from The Man In The High Castle. So, we have decided that,… Read More »Pick a pintxo; punch a Nazi

Get ahead; get a head pie.

Length: < 1 min I just know Val will roll her eyes at this and say “what, not that bloody Fergus, again“, but sorry sweetie, no apologies for highlighting again the work of two masters of their craft (rather than the more plodding efforts displayed by… Read More »Get ahead; get a head pie.

A Burns sausage

Length: 2 mins Address to a Haggis, by Rabbie Burns Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o the puddin’-race! Aboon them a’ ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye worthy o’ a grace As lang’s my arm.… Read More »A Burns sausage

La matanza

Length: 3 mins The Spanish word “matar”, means ‘to kill’; the related word ‘matanza’ however refers to much more than just a simple death; it’s the name for the whole process that, extending over two or three days, starts with the actual slaughtering — involving… Read More »La matanza

“Slopping the hog”

Length: 5 mins I came across this expression whilst researching background on the Ossabaw and Ibérico pig breeds recently. It’s not actually a euphemism (although I’m told that it’s also been used as a slang term for male masturbation, but then what hasn’t?)…… Read More »“Slopping the hog”

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