3-Day Whole-Hog Workshop: Palmyra, VA – Nov. 8th -10th 2024

$997.00

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Join us at the beautiful Shirefolk Farm from November 9th thru the 10th for this nose-to-tail, pork extravaganza. For farmers, foodies, chefs, and anyone else interested in knowing their food and how to make the best of it.

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November 8th-10th 2024

Join Hand Hewn Farm at Shirefolk Farm for this 3-day Whole-Hog workshop. Starting with a live hog and ending with prosciutto and everything in between. This workshop is built to offer students the full spectrum of the pig, from raising pigs to on-farm slaughter and butchering and into the world of starting to cure meats at home.

 

Day One Nov 8th

  • Meet and Greet
  • Poem reading and toast to the pig
  • Humane dispatch and blood collection
  • Scald and scraping
  • Viscera removal
  • Organ prep
  • Casing cleaning
  • Blood Sausage making
  • Head inspection and prep

Day Two Nov 9th

  • Basic knife handling and sharpening
  • Carcass inspection
  • Leaf Lard removal and rendering
  • Hands-on butchering
  • Cooking Pork discussion
  • Liver sausage
  • Making pork stock and its uses
  • Packaging meat for the freezer

Day Three Nov 10th

  • The basics of curing meat
  • How to use curing salts and if you need to
  • Bacon cure formulations
  • Dry curing hams
  • Cold smoking bacon
  • Epic Charcuterie Lunch

 

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Shirefolk Options

4-Day Slaughter, Butchering, Charcuterie:$950, 3-Day Butchering and Charcuterie:$800, 2-Day Charcuterie:$500

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