A must buy if you are considering butchering your own pig, a top class excellent resource for all you need to know to do a good job but also to inspire your cooking

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Product Description

"Here at River Cottage HQ, we are passionate about pigs." This unique DVD, made by Hugh and the River Cottage team offers not merely a thorough grounding in the delights of small scale pig-keeping, but also a complete guide to butchering and processing a pig, from nose to tail. It includes full instructions for making your own hams, bacon and sausages, and much more besides. Hugh believes you don't have to be a pig-keeper to enjoy this package, just a pig enthusiast. Anyone who likes pigs and pork, and wants to find out how and why the best pork comes from the happiest pigs, will get a great deal out of it. Enjoy the brilliant feature episode, The Joy of Pigs, from the top rated Channel 4 series, Tales from River Cottage. Then tuck into over 100 minutes of completely original River Cottage porky delights and feast on the finest pork recipes from Gill, Katie and the rest of the team.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34881 in DVD
• Rating: Exempt
• Number of discs: 1
• Original language: English
• Running time: 140 minutes

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Customer Reviews

Hurray for Hugh and Ray !!
A superb DVD which we all thoroughly enjoyed. Hugh and Ray literally show you how to joint a pig and process the offal. They explain the cuts, the equipment needed (knifes etc) and even use the offal. Theyre is also a section for recipes on the DVD, Ray's pate is an absolute must, it's superb. It hasn't made me rush out and buy half a pig just yet but it certainly inspired me to try my hand at making sausages (I bought a mincer etc !!) and I intend to try air dried Prosciutto ham next. I can't wait....

This little Piggy headed for my plate...
A majority of people will never want to see where their meat comes from and just what it involves...alas I'm not one of them!

Its so easy to go and buy from the local store a pack of Bacon, open it and place it it the fry-pan and listen to the sizzle...

Whilst that still me, I'm more selective of where it comes from and knowing that my meat is from an animal that is well treated in its life before it hits my plate is something i've come to believe in as time goes on...

I don't know if i'll be able to get somewhere to be somewhat at a self-sufficient stage with my own food (meat & veg) but until then I'm prepared to shop at places where I know its from a good source...

This DVD - Hugh and his 'Meat Mentor' Ray takes you through the various stages of preparing the pork into joints, chops, and the rest for items such as sausage, salami, haggis and more.

Ray is a real butcher, he talks about his tools of the trade, his own favourite bits of the pig...its not all slice, saw or chop and tie up with string...there's humour and more importantly a showing of dedication to using all of the animal and not just the choice bits we may just enter our own butchers shop for...

Even if you never want to get a hands-on approach to doing all in this DVD, you'll gain an insight of what more you can do in your own kitchen than frying sausages, bacon and a pork chop...Recommended viewing...