Originally Posted by Frankie
We used to put our hog in 55 gal drums in hot water to loosen the hair , then cook the fat and skin to get our lard and craklings .

Get the water hot hot the hair just rub off


We did same thing . Killed and butchered 2 every yr . Salted them down in big box and cooked out the cracklings for lard . This way back before we had freezers . Built fire under a drum on an angle . Throw pig in the scalding water for a bit then scrape everything off . Slick as a button. Then cut him up a put in box . 6 weeks later we had salted pork . Hung it in smokehouse after it cured . Good ol days


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