tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post1617656392946433075..comments2023-11-28T00:55:31.192-05:00Comments on The Ohio Nature Blog: Happy Halloween *****WARNING- NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH*******Tom Arbourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01919759721690261620noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post-15787381218441466502008-11-04T16:26:00.000-05:002008-11-04T16:26:00.000-05:00Eeeewwww! I guess it is what is is but eeeewww! ...Eeeewwww! I guess it is what is is but eeeewww! LOL! As you can see, I didn't stop looking. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post-80119682522515098442008-11-02T15:16:00.000-05:002008-11-02T15:16:00.000-05:00What...they didn't stick them up on pikes at the e...What...they didn't stick them up on pikes at the end of the driveway to warn the burglars away? Well that's hardly Celtic of them!Lana Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06975996208260144558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post-9109047256802676902008-11-02T13:17:00.000-05:002008-11-02T13:17:00.000-05:00Lona- Thank you. Earthmother- You are welcome.Sea...Lona- Thank you. <BR/><BR/>Earthmother- You are welcome.<BR/><BR/>Seabrooke- Yes, I like the Turkey analogy. Gobble Gobble. Isn't Canada's thanksgiving soon? (or may have just occurred?)<BR/><BR/>Anna- It is certainly interesting how many people have had some experience with butchering pigs. I hadn't.<BR/><BR/>Adam- Interesting. I'm not sure. Maybe the Amish have a rule against eating the head of an animal?<BR/><BR/>Kylee- Wow, quite a story. I can only imagine what those experiences were like.<BR/><BR/>Hi Abe- You bet. We should all see where our food comes from.<BR/><BR/>Mary- So you brought home your dissected cat? Interesting. I dissected a cat in High School, but he lived at school. I can only imagine what my mother would have done if I would have brought it home! <BR/><BR/>Spooky- Yep, bad kitty is right. Ya can't blame him though, it is just looking for a little fresh meat.<BR/><BR/>TomTom Arbourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01919759721690261620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post-61553816745056630072008-11-02T12:23:00.000-05:002008-11-02T12:23:00.000-05:00OUCH!!...Bad kitty!!OUCH!!...Bad kitty!!spookydragonflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05972127156968863571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post-66048047110158211482008-11-01T09:37:00.000-04:002008-11-01T09:37:00.000-04:00Yuck...but I'm sure it was really neat to get to s...Yuck...but I'm sure it was really neat to get to see how they did this. My dad wrote about "butchering day" on the farm in his book and it really is fascinating how they used every single bit and how they used to store it all before refrigeration. I'm surprised the cat got this much! It also reminds me of when I brought a disected cat home from biology class in high school to study and my mother had a fit and made me hang the bag out in the garage :-)Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890796903959709429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post-4511800228265415502008-11-01T06:22:00.000-04:002008-11-01T06:22:00.000-04:00Lots of memories there. More people should see a h...Lots of memories there. More people should see a hog butchered. It shows the little kids that Jimmy Dean don't really make sausage.<BR/><BR/>I forgot about theme day today so I just found some of the books I wrote and took a photo and published that. Too late to be included in the group but it worked for me. LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post-39820354602009758222008-11-01T01:18:00.000-04:002008-11-01T01:18:00.000-04:00You didn't gross me out. My dad was a butcher whe...You didn't gross me out. My dad was a butcher when I was growing up. He had a grocery store in our little town and a locker service. I used to go with him to a farm to kill the cow or pig, then he would haul it up into the back of his pickup truck and take it back to the slaughter house. Once in awhile, the farmer would bring in a cow and Dad had an inside pen where he would shoot it then butcher it. It was just something I grew up with and really never thought a thing about it.<BR/>He rendered lard in a huge iron cauldron-type thing. I was always the kid who brought the cool things in for science class, like the eye of a cow.<BR/><BR/>Good times! LOL!Kylee Baumlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288354709094515651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post-20058178491810481112008-11-01T01:16:00.000-04:002008-11-01T01:16:00.000-04:00A perfect Halloween photo! I love it, although I'...A perfect Halloween photo! I love it, although I'm also curious as to why the head wasn't made into a tasty salumi - lots of flavorful fatty meat there that shouldn't be wasted!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post-39583558426662089672008-10-31T23:42:00.000-04:002008-10-31T23:42:00.000-04:00Oh my this is bad! However, I grew up in the semi-...Oh my this is bad! However, I grew up in the semi-farm, and we used to butcher pig for every Xmas. Terrilbe sight, never liked the screaming pig. Happy Halloween! Anna :)myonlyphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324578791902437827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post-31794199519138336472008-10-31T22:13:00.000-04:002008-10-31T22:13:00.000-04:00Incredibly gross, yes, but in a morbidly intriguin...Incredibly gross, yes, but in a morbidly intriguing sort of way. Kinda like contemplating how a whole turkey from the supermarket was once a walking, squawking bird before you pop it in the oven and eat it. Only in that case, you don't have to see the head.<BR/><BR/>A great Hallowe'en subject. :)Seabrookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09400079400485962650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post-55819939423373588542008-10-31T22:08:00.000-04:002008-10-31T22:08:00.000-04:00Okay, well, I asked for the grotesque. Hmmmm, my d...Okay, well, I asked for the grotesque. <BR/><BR/>Hmmmm, my dad used to love headcheese (a gross-looking lunch meat). Do ya suppose...?<BR/><BR/>Well Tom, thanks for giving me just one more reason to continue with the vegan diet. ;)EARTH MOTHERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05499636052682827022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21247637.post-64754236431891232202008-10-31T18:02:00.000-04:002008-10-31T18:02:00.000-04:00I am surprised that they didn't use the meat from ...I am surprised that they didn't use the meat from the heads for mincemeat. I use to help my grandpa butcher hogs. It's a hard job.We go to Sugar and Walnut Creek every year. It is commercialized but we like all of the flea markets, craft shops and of course the food.Lonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07060003333138052194noreply@blogger.com