Due to Popular Demand...Pictures

Here are the pictures of butchering. I wish I could think of more to write right now, but cannot so there won't be much "header" to scare you away from the pictures.

We cut it all up this morning after letting it hang over night. It was my first time and I followed Mr. Kyrk's instructions. It took all morning with the two of us cutting it up. Two Haitian guys were helping/watching and Mme. Kyrk was helping to wrap the meat. We'll freeze the chops and bring it to the market (they'll cut it for us for free). The rest we'll be eating the upcoming weeks. We'll be doing another pig or the cow in a few weeks.

OK maybe I did think of enough to write, but it will depend on your resolution whether or not the pictures show up by surprise. Here are the pictures. No detail spared (well, maybe a little because these won't be high resolution).

They shot it in the head first and then removed the head (which is when the body stopped twitching):


Then they poured boiling water over the fur/hair and skin. This made it stand up more and then the dark colored skin and fur/hair came right off when they scraped it with a knife.


They kept it clean by putting it on top of banana leaves.


Then they gutted it.


Hung it up to dry.


And then we started to cut it apart.


Here is the tongue and beginning of the throat. The tongue was more than 12 inches long.


I was surprised how small the brains were. Here is a picture of half of them after we cut the head in quarters (the hospital will use/cook all parts for food). Notice the roof of the mouth and half of the teeth in the lower left of the picture. There are so many interesting parts. We even found the bullet.


And that's the end of it.