I need to go out and slaughter a pig! Says I.
All this junk that get's put in our food. It's just crazy. I don't want to eat chemicals and hormones and alien babies! I don't think the time will come when I can ever slaughter a pig. Or a chicken for that matter - but it doesn't mean I don't want to take what steps I can to eat healthier. We don't eat packaged food around here (except on very rare occasions), we don't have a microwave and we grow much of our own produce.
I decided to start the journey to eventually slaughtering a pig with baby steps by grinding my own ground beef. Ground beef at the grocery store was $4.99 a pound. Roast was $5.49 a pound and buy one get one free. That made quality roast about $2.75 a pound. Roast was much cheaper than hamburger and I knew additional fat and gunk was not being added. It still was not grass-fed beef - but I had to start somewhere.
So I set up the grinder:
I tossed it into the grinder opening and cranked on the handle for about 5 minutes. The grinder slipped and shifted. The meat squished and squashed. Stuff oozed and goozed.
My result:
The process was totally off-putting. The results were most unappetizing. Plus the labor-intensiveness of the process did not seem at all a good investment.
I might just turn vegetarian. Except I like bacon. And I like ribs. And I like fried chicken. Perhaps I need a newer grinder - this one was from the 40's or 50's. I need something electric and with a tad less personal involvement because this did not work for me. In fact - I just went to Amazon and ordered an attachment for my KitchenAid.
I should have the attachment in about three days. I'll report back on how it goes with this tool...Wish me luck.
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