Butchering and Slaughtering a Pig

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Butchering and Slaughtering aPig: A DIY Guide

Nicholas Jonsson

Ms. Toombs

English 2HA, Period 4

20 January 2011


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Introduction

Nobody likes to think about it, but the pre-packaged meat found at a supermarket comesfrom an animal that had to be killed and

butchered.

The kids from Lord of the Flies had to learnthis the hard way and slaughter their own

pigs. The methods shown are used by small scale

farmers and not industrial slaughterhouses.


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Slaughtering

Shot to the head to kill

the pig.

Stab the pig in the heartto let the blood drain faster.

Use bell scrapers to

scrape off all of the

hair.


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Butchering

Hang the pig as shown.

Cut the pig open from the

chin to lower abdomen (do

not puncture intestines!) Use hands to pull intestines out

and a knife to cut what hangs on.

Split the backbone with a

meat saw from the tail to thehead and snout.

Cut meat into desired portions.


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Relation to LOTF

We spread round. I crept, on hands and

knees. The spears fell out because they hadnt

barbs on. The pig ran away making an awful

noise The first blow had paralyzed its hind

quarters, so then the circle could close in and

beat and beat- (Golding 75).

Jacks tribe hunts with spears (stabbing = slow

and painful death)


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Conclusion

As unpleasant as butchering is, it is an

important part of our lives.

Animals should be slaughtered with as littlefear and pain involved as possible.

We should all appreciate what animals give us

and it is important to understand how we end

their lives.


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Works Cited

Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: The Berkley Publishing Group,

(1954). 74-75. Print.

Mettler, John. Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game. North Adams: Storey

Publishing, (1986). 38-58. Print.

Mettler, John. Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game. (1986). Ink on paper.

Private Collection, Washington DC.

Ashenbrenner, D. Butchering the Hmong Way. Countryside & Stock

Journal 76.1 (1992) : 54. MAS Ultra School Edition. EBSCO.

Web 9 January 2011

Jordan, Cyril E. Tips on Butchering a Pig Countryside & Small Stock

Journal 86.6 (2002) : 86. MAS Ultra - School Edition. EBSCO.

Web 9 January 2011

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