{"id":126,"date":"2011-11-02T05:18:01","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T10:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/?p=126"},"modified":"2011-11-02T05:27:24","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T10:27:24","slug":"no-we-havent-forgotten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/no-we-havent-forgotten\/","title":{"rendered":"No, we haven’t forgotten…."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>…our pigs.\u00a0 They seemed to be a little slow to fatten this year but now they’re bulking up, thanks to all the acorns beneath those leaves.<\/p>\n

Normally, they’re curious critters.\u00a0 When we’re working near the fence, they come up to see what we’re doing.\u00a0 But ever since they discovered acorns they’ve only been interested in “Job One”.<\/p>\n

We get\u00a0as many inquiries about when our pork will be ready as for our beef.\u00a0 Frankly, we’ve never tasted pork chops or bacon as good as these Tamworth.\u00a0 In fact, in England they’re called “the Bacon Breed”.\u00a0 Until now, we haven’t been able to sell the bacon…just made it a gift to family members…because our butcher didn’t have a USDA “smoker” for curing.\u00a0 But he tells us his new, government-approved “smoker” will be ready by December 1st and we’ll be first in line.<\/p>\n

As with our beef, we’re also planning to increase our pig production next year.\u00a0 And as with our cows, our pigs are raised naturally….on pasture (ok, plus acorns) and without any anti-biotics or hormones.\u00a0 Of course.<\/p>\n

This will be the first time that acorns have been a major part of the diet here at Thistle Hill and we’re looking forward to tasting the results.\u00a0 Generally, acorn-fed pigs are considered a gourmet experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…our pigs.\u00a0 They seemed to be a little slow to fatten this year but now they’re bulking up, thanks to all the acorns beneath those leaves. Normally, they’re curious critters.\u00a0 When we’re working near the fence, they come up to see what we’re doing.\u00a0 But ever since they discovered acorns they’ve only been interested in “Job One”. We get\u00a0as many inquiries about when our pork will be ready as for our beef.\u00a0 Frankly, we’ve never tasted pork chops or bacon as good as these Tamworth.\u00a0 In fact, in England they’re called “the Bacon Breed”.\u00a0 Until now, we haven’t been able to sell the bacon…just made it a gift to family members…because our butcher didn’t have a USDA “smoker” for curing.\u00a0 But he tells us his new, government-approved “smoker” will be ready by December 1st and we’ll be first in line. As with our beef, we’re also planning to increase our pig production next year.\u00a0 And as with our cows, our pigs are raised naturally….on pasture (ok, plus acorns) and without any anti-biotics or hormones.\u00a0 Of course. This will be the first time that acorns have been a major part of the diet here at Thistle Hill and we’re looking forward to tasting the results.\u00a0 Generally, acorn-fed pigs are considered a gourmet experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-pigs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}