Exploring Pig to Pork Terroir

Natalie Cummings

Category Charcuterie, Curing, Smoking

Eating the Offal: Slaughter day fry

After eviscerating the pig, we collected the spleen, hanger steak, liver, heart, and kidneys. We brought them inside, examined the liver for liver worms and signs of a bad liver.. (there were none and it was good!). We split the… Continue Reading →

Leaf Lard Biscuits

When I went to The Ruby Brink, a butcher shop on Vashon Island that I highly recommend you pay a visit to for delicious heritage meats (still thinking about the pork chops I got there), I bought some rendered leaf… Continue Reading →

Pork Fat

The art of Charcuterie is synonymous with fat. Guinea Hogs high fat content is excellent for charcuterie. Pork fat provides incredible flavor and a melt-in-your mouth texture and experience. The fat holds most of the flavor! The fat can convey… Continue Reading →

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