Bacon sandwich…

[roofman]

That’s interesting bri, they used to call it boar taint or pi55 taint, nowadays they just pretend it doesn’t exist!

The farm I work on is a pig finishing farm, we take the piglets after weaning and have them until they go on their special holiday. A bit like a pig hotel. Years ago, before my time at least they used to send the boars out earlier to try and reduce the smell you’re talking about. These days the pigs are bred to reach the target size very quickly which is supposed to mean that the boars don’t reach full maturity (we normally only have them for around twenty weeks).

Another farm not far away works for a smaller local company who have their own farm shop and they still send out small loads of gilts only just for the shop.

The reason what you’ve said is interesting is because the guy I work for who’s farmed pigs most of his life says exactly the same thing. He’s actually a vegetarian so doesn’t eat any of it (i think farming turkeys in the 80’s did that) but apparently it’s something that only certain people can smell and is supposed to be more common in women. Personally I can’t really smell it myself.

What I smell like most of the time on the other hand…

Now that was a very interesting read Martin...had this pig smell (waiting for the jibs) since a teenager and no one has ever believed me

 

[Ian X]

The white slime that comes out is a brine solution. I used to work in a Poultry factory and the amount you can inject in chicken breast is unbelievable. The machines are called tenderiser or massagers but all they do is put the meat in a high vacuum chamber and inject brine under pressure using a bank of needles. Chicken breast can be doubled in weight.

On the internet there are always mentions of the Dutch being guilty of perfecting and accelerating this practice, never bothered to find the truth. Selling water for £10 plus per kilo is the Holy Grail for those outside of the boutique mineral water industry.

 

[Ian X]

Yes, allowed under EU rules after the Dutch argued for it.

Ah, so there is more evidence of the Dutch being the masters of converting water into a £10 plus per kilo product.

 

[JOEPRO]

I'll stick with my usual plan. Eat turkey dinner until I projectile vomit. Proclaim to "never eat again"

Then 2 hours later make a turkey sandwich with nutty crust bread.

 

[Ian X]

I'll stick with my usual plan. Eat turkey dinner until I projectile vomit. Proclaim to "never eat again"

Then 2 hours later make a turkey sandwich with nutty crust bread.

We must be related. Last year my cat deprived us of part of a turkey leg, an uncooked turkey put out to reach room temperature, silly mistake not to protect it, he enjoyed his feast though.

 

[Cobbler]

We must be related. Last year my cat deprived us of part of a turkey leg, an uncooked turkey put out to reach room temperature, silly mistake not to protect it, he enjoyed his feast though.

We bought a pork knuckle from the supermarket that was in the short coded stuff, the grand figure of 99p, Mrs C pressure cooked it & left it on the work top with a dish over the top. Some friends called in with their spaniel, which charged in like they do. 15 seconds later, crash bang wallop, dog had been on the worktop, pork half eaten & all on the floor.

 

[SierraV6]

Conversely, a friend of mine has three cats and had left half a roast chicken on the kitchen worktop for them (as you do!). A few of us went round to his after the pub, and one of the lads decided to make himself a chicken sandwich…. I bet the cats were well pleased!

 

[Erie Fred]

We must be related. Last year my cat deprived us of part of a turkey leg, an uncooked turkey put out to reach room temperature, silly mistake not to protect it, he enjoyed his feast though.

 

[daleyd]

Our cat nicked a full steak off my plate when she was a kitten - the steak was bigger than her, she was off with it!!