A November and a January Pig
My new blog about raising two Tamworth pigs (and falling in love with one of them), is all about connections to the table. They ate as I do, locally, seasonally, and well. Neither of them had a lick of corn or soy, and I discovered that pigs do love acorns. You can read the post at http://gimmerealfood.blogspot.com/
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Comment by Brad Bowman on February 9, 2010 at 8:49am - Thanks, Paul. I used the cheese cloth method and it kept them together. I think my trotters were a bit too big in the end for the result I wanted. I'll try again next year. By all means, email me at bowman@mazirian.com.
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Comment by Paul Drowns on February 9, 2010 at 8:44am -
Hi Brad,
Slit the trotters and wrap them tightly in cheesecloth during the braise. The problem isn't so much their falling apart as their curling up. Crumbs, crunchy, crispy... all those "c" words invoke delightful images!
Thanks for the mention on your blog... I am searching for an image I have (which drive is it on???) that might give you a political chuckle (pit bulls and lipstick). Mail me and I'll send it when I track it down.
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Comment by Brad Bowman on February 5, 2010 at 2:20pm
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I am defrosting some trotters right now and was planning something similar. Rather than a bechamel, I was going to coat them in a breading after the braise and brown them in the oven, in a it's-not-really Saint Menehould kind of way. Do you wrap them in anything to keep them from falling apart during the braise?
I noted your blog on my own blog to give some extra exposure (to all of about 2 people that read me): http://mazirian.blogspot.com/2010/02/week-end-wreckage-part-ii-bit-ahead-of.html
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Comment by Paul Drowns on January 29, 2010 at 3:51pm
- Hi Brad, glad you liked the post. the trotters are frozen at this point waiting to be added to tofeja and possibly a zampone. Because of his size, it was necessary to prioritize all of the things he went into, and so I was forced to freeze some things. Lardo, air-cured skin (for fagiole di miale), and coppa di testa are probably next. I love to braise trotters, split them down the top, garnish with a bechamel and pop it in a hot oven till brown and bubbly. His trotters were way too big
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Comment by Brad Bowman on January 29, 2010 at 3:00pm
- That was a really interesting post. I hope you'll do more. What did you do with the trotters of the January pig?
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