Taking hogs to the butcher.

So today was my first foray into the world of farmers with John and his dad Joe. The morning started with me trying to back the truck exactly right for John so he could hitch the trailer to load the hogs. (And in case you were wondering it is all about the size of the animal that takes it from pig to hog. Or so I was informed)

Now the fun news is over the last two days there has been a lot of thaw so the snow has melted. In other words it is warmer but instead of snow we have been getting rain instead so we were getting soaked in the rain doing this. My job was then to hold the door will John and Joe herded the hogs in. I felt soo pretty by the end.

I can't help it at the end of the day I am still a girl. I will wear sunglasses and carry a bag. But will compromise with duck boots, jeans and one of John's work jackets. So after 3 hours we had driven there dropped off the hogs, left cutting instructions stopped at "Porky's" (think truck stop) on the way home, with me doing the girl thing and sitting in the middle and made it home again.

Still all in one piece we made it home. Then we went to pick up John's chainsaw and bought a new little one for me. We match now. This means wood cutting tomorrow yay. I really enjoy cutting wood.

Also made chilli today. My own variation based on about 15 recipes.
Basically 6oz smoked ham, 2lbs beef (used round steak and sirloin), a can of tomatoes, 6 tbsp instant masa, 1 lg onion, 4 cloves of garlic, 3 beef bouillion cubes, cumin, 2 tbsp white vinegar, paprika, chili powder and light red kidney beans.

We will see what John thinks.