Last summer the landlord of our local pub acquired two rare-breed pigs to rear for meat. They had a very happy life in their large enclosure at the end of the pub garden and were quite friendly when the customers brought their windfall fruit and vegetable peelings for them
Earlier this week they went to the big stye in the sky and are being butchered by a local person who specialises in old fashioned breeds. We have been able to order our meat butchered to our own specifications so, alongside the normal boned and rolled leg joints, I have ordered chops with kidneys (remember them before the food police banned them? The ban was eventually lifted but they never reappeared in the shops) and a hand and spring joint. This is like a shank and shoulder and, years ago when money was tight, I used to buy one regularly. I reckon one of these would feed a family of four for a whole week!
Does anybody else remember these and, if so, what do you think of them.