The Complete Book of Pork Butchering, Smoking, Curing, Sausage Making, and Cooking (Complete Meat)

A lot of interesting uses for different cuts than your standard book has.

Book has lots of ideas and suggestions

I thought this was gonna be a good buy, but sadly they resell this at places like Olly’s and Dirt Cheap for less than what I paid. So, now I unfortunately have two books because the price of returning cost more than the book.

This book is very informative. It helps with the process from beginning to end

though this book does an ok job on describing many of the processes there are very few pictures compared to described steps. also how can a complete book of pork not even really mention the process of hams.

great recipes

Everything we wanted to know

This book offers the reader a very revealing look at the skill, expertise and investment required in order to produce the pork meat products we tend to take for granted in our grocer's refrigerated meat cases. Whether or not you agree that butchering is the best way for humans to obtain some of their food sources, Philip Hasheider presents a strong case that healthy and humane treatment of pigs is essential to the process. We were amazed to discover that the initial investment for raising just one pig tops $800! This book offers a very revealing look at how producers get pork from farm to table, along with a wide array of recipes utilizing everything from bacon, pig bladder, and pig knuckles to pork tenderloin and ham.

I hate writing negative reviews as I appreciate all the effort that goes into writing and publishing a book, but given the title of the book, I had high hopes.Presentation wise, it's a nice book on heavyweight paper but really doesn't cover the topics in enough detail.For example, when it comes to bacon ... there's a single paragraph. For hams, there's even less than that.As for the butchery side, this is described at such a high level with only a few unclear photographs and is only 5 pages long.The first 3rd of the book is about the history of pigs, pig welfare and management which, given the title of the book, is superfluousThere are some interesting sausage recipes and I will try them, but the title and description of this book bear very little resemblance to the actual content.It really is such a shame, but if you want a "coffee table" read, then fine, buy this book. BUT, if you do want any more than a cursory overview then this book is certainly not the one for you.

A lot still to absorb.

Very good and informative

What an amazing book. Love the recipes and tips.

Excellent recipes