Devere, During our local Heritage reunion one year they did this procedure. "Only" one year....People complained. They hated the idea of actually seeing the hog hanging there. (So much for that history lesson!) But I'll sure bet they didn't give up eating pork! :-) Rita >From: "DeVere Whitaker" Reply-To: MOMARIES-L@rootsweb.com To: >MOMARIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MOMARIES] The way they talked Date: >Tue, 12 Jun 2001 11:47:38 -0700 > >Monty, > >A lot of the farmers still use this method. The Friday after Thanksgiving >was kind of a rule of thumb, because you had to have had a Killing Frost or >be around 42 degrees so the meat wouldn't spoil. This was a big day and >took the whole family. That brings back some memories of seeing that pig >hanging by a rope over a limb waiting for that pot to get hot enough to >lower it into the water. > >Sometimes the neighbors would all get together and butcher together. They >would do this with chickens also. The more hands the better. > >DeVere > > >----- Original Message ----- From: Monty Graves To: Sent: Tuesday, June 12, >2001 6:49 AM Subject: Re: [MOMARIES] The way they talked > > > > I am sure lots of others on the list have heard "got a good scald on it" > > > You probably hear more men say it than women. When men butchered hogs, > > they had to dip them in scalding water. Then scrape off the hair and > >outside skin. they didn't use thermoters, just by feel (my grandfather > >dipped his finger!) Scalding water is 150 degrees. If the water was too > >cold by a few degrees the hair would not slip and it was hard to remove > >(scrape it off). If the water was too hot by a few degrees, the hair would > > "set" and it was hard to scrape off too. SOOOO if it was "just right" >you > got a "good scald on it". In my family this was a friday after > >Thanksgiving ritual... > > > At 05:58 AM 6/12/01 -0400, you wrote: > >My >grandmother used to say "forever more" whenever she was surprised. She > > >also used to say , when she was baking, "We got a real good scald on that > > >pie". She could not tell me what it meant. While watching Fried Green > > >Tomatoes, I finally figured out that it meant a nice golden color (I > > >think~!!) > > > > > > > >==== MOMARIES Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > >============================== > >Search over 1 Billion names at >Ancestry.com! > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > ==== >MOMARIES Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with >one easy query! > > > > >==== MOMARIES Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== Create a FREE family website at >MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com