WOB BUTCHERY: All early Texas farms had livestock… 
and for good reason [04 “…on four legs.”]. Details ahead on 
Passport to Texas.

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In 1850s Texas people raised and butchered their own 
animals. Pigs were a popular choice back then.

10—They reproduce quickly. They’re useful for eating your 
garbage, and then you eat them. In that way, it’s kind of a closed 
cycle of consumption—as a recycling source.

Barb King, is lead domestic interpreter at Barrington 
Living History Farm at WOB SP/HS. Before refrigeration, 
Texans butchered animals in cold months. January 13 & 
14 farm staff will demonstrate the process. They’ll 
dispatch an animal before guests arrive, but visitors 
will see everything else beginning with evisceration…

10—That’s actually one of my favorite times to teach anatomy 
lessons, because [the pig’s organs] are very close to human 
structures. So, we can talk about different organs, what their use 
is…. 

Afterwards, Barb says, they divide the meat into cuts.

20—Then, on Sunday, we grind a lot of the meat; visitors can help with 
that. Then we end up curing the meat on Sunday, as well. So, we show 
people the start of the process, and then we have a lot of people who go 
home and end up trying their own charcuterie at home. Or, they already 
make sausage, and they just want to see the beginning of the process. 
You know: how do you start with it on the hoof?

The Whole Hog demonstration is Saturday and Sunday, 
January 13th & 14th at Barrington Living History Farm. 
The program is weather dependent, so call to confirm. 
Find details on the TPW website.

That's our show for today… Funding provided in part 
by Ram Trucks. Guts. Glory. Ram

For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti. 


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