Ran across this in a discussion thread:
“Pigs intended for slaughter are castrated the first week. They are called barrows, Females are called gilts.
“Sows and boars are sexually mature hogs and probably end up as pet food as their musk (skatol) has permeated their tissues and it is gamey as hell and smells like pig s*** while cooking.
“Pretty sure the origin of BBQ was intended to break down the skatol through slow cooking, while the sauce disguised any lingering gaminess.”
Interesting. When I was a kid I had a pet pig that was so smart I named him Einswine.
He kept saying “Soooooooweeeeeee equals MC squared,” but we never paid him no nevermind.
So, even with all that musk, boars are just as gilt-y as they think they are.
I’d keep an eye on the big one, you know, the one who’s getting a bit too chummy with the farmers…
You needn’t eat the leg Johnson.
On the third Wednesday of July and August, I help cook 1035 lbs of pork, 7 1/2 pigs for my service group, and my beef brothers slow roast 550lbs of beef… We feed 750 people, all you can eat, over two hours…redneck cheer..” heeny heet!”
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