This week Part 1 of a trip I took to live one of those weekends to experience when, as winter approached, and the farmer was faced with a lot of animals who wanted to be fed when there was less food for all. Hence the few days of slaughter, especially of pigs, and geese then the feast of the most perishable parts of the animal, sausage making, then the salting, curing, smoking and so on.
Next week, Part 2.
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