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Add Limewater to Pot

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Learn Appalachian Hog Butchering: How to scald the hog and remove the hair

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What happens here

Once the scalding water approaches the target temperature, one cup of limewater (referred to as a lawn lime equivalent) is added to the pot. The water is then thoroughly stirred with the wooden stick to ensure the lime is evenly dispersed throughout the water. The limewater acts as an agent to help loosen the hair follicles, making the subsequent scraping process more effective.

Goal: One cup of limewater is added to the scalding water and stirred. This additive helps loosen the hog's hair from the skin, preparing it for scraping.

Tools and materials

  • Long Wooden Stick
  • Measuring Cup
  • Limewater (or equivalent)

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built up underneath here so we'll put a cup of shelled lime in here which is basically lawn lime almost and that helps the hair to release and what we're trying to do is trying to get the hog into the pan into the pot here then bring him back out and scald him there's a few techniques that we need to think about as we do that so as dad says how do we know when he's ready to come out of the scalder when the hair turns it loose on the flank on the flank so right down here on the

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