Our family half hog cut list for August 2019
/Leg
Smoke the hocks
Grind the leg for sausage (no ham, as we made a lot of ham from a different pig and still have plenty)
Sausage: equal amounts of No-Sugar Breakfast Sausage, Sweet Italian Sausage, and Bratwurst
Belly
Side bacon
Spare ribs
Shoulder
Cottage bacon (made from the Boston butt part of the shoulder)
Shoulder steaks (1/2 inch) made from the picnic shoulder
Loin
Bone in double-thickness (1 1/4 inch) pork chops (rib, center, and sirloin)
Other
Jowl bacon
Soup bones, Fat, Skin, Offal, Tail, Feet