fetzerm@Sdsc.Edu (The Rider) (04/15/91)
I know wild pigs are hairier than domesticated ones, but I still think the following is true: Pigs are not generally skinned. They are scaled in boiling water shortly ater the kill, and the hair is then scraped off. However, as Steve Hunter pointed out, one tends not to have a barrel of boiling water with them when hunting pigs. Now, the only reason one would want to leave the skin on the pig is because it tastes good when roasted to a crisp. Otherwise, you may aswell skip the scalding bit and just skin the whole pig. It's quite abit more difficult to skin a pig than a deer (believe me, I've skinned many more pigs than deers althought they were not of the wild variety (pigs, that is)), the skin (I hate to call it hide) is firmly attached to the underlying layers of fat. The point, though, no need for scalding unless you want a skin on roast or ham. Take care, Mike ................................................................................ Michael Fetzer Internet: MFETZER@UCSD.EDU UUCP: ...!ucsd!mfetzer BITnet: MFETZER@UCSD (use FETZERM@SDSC for BITnet SEND) HEPnet/SPAN: SDPH::MEFGRAD or 27828::MEFGRAD
roa@davinci.acc.virginia.edu (Robert O. Anderson Jr) (04/15/91)
In article <531@erb1.engr.wisc.edu> you write: > > I am hoping to go pig hunting one of these days and I have a >question about cleaning them. A book that I have says that you need to >dip them in a barrel of scalding hot water and scrape the bristles off >before skinning them. Now, I very seldom take a barrel of scalding >hot water with me when I go hunting. Is this really necessary, and if >so, why? > You dip them in hot water to make the hair easier to remove. If they're not in the water long enough, the hair will be hard to remove, if they're in too long, it'll set the hair. You just have to take them out and see... you can always put 'em back in. Canning lids make excellent scrapers. And, of course, the water has to be the right temperature....like my old man used to say," drag two fingers through the water 3 times and if it hurts, but doesn't hurt too bad, then it's just right." We always scalded them before gutting them. Yes, it's necessry, unless you like the smell of burned hair..... Bobby > Steven Hunter > Hunter@es.net