It's Hog Killin' Time

February 01, 2020

Call 706-975-9136 for our  next event!
See pictures of our last  Hog Killin'

Pre-Register by January 27, 2020
Registration Deadline: February 1,  2020
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED

If you are interested in our next Hog Killin' , please email Old South Farm Museum.

Come join us at the Old South Farm Museum & Ag Learning Center in Woodland, Georgia for our annual Old Fashioned Hog Killing School.

We will have specialist teaching classes at various stations providing instructions in every aspect of meat processing from sticking to smoking. Each specialist will repeat their demonstrations several times during the workshop.

There are two levels to participate:

1. Class Participants: Attend classes and receive Free sausage AND

2. Workshop Participants: Attend classes, with Hands On experience and receive several bulletins on Sausage Making/Meat Curing. You will also receive 10-15 lbs of Free pork products

You must bring your own cooler, with ice, for Free pork products.

No Meat Will Be Sold Except Sausage. 

Pre-Registration Requested (registration form below).

Schedule of Workshops

• Breakfast provided by Shady Grove Baptist Church at a reasonable cost

• 8:30 am - Hog Killing & Scraping Class

• 9:15 am - Hog Killed

• 9:30 am - Cutting of Meats Workshop

• 9:45 am: - Demonstrations: 

  1. Chitterlings Cleaning, Casing Scraping

  2. Sausage Making

  3. Lard Making

  4. Cooking Skins

• 10:00 am - Demonstrations:

  1. Processing Heads

  2. Making Brunswick Stew

  3. Meat Curing

  4. Lye Soap

  5. Cracklings

  6. Smoking Meats (Smoke House in operation)

• 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - Lunch provided by Shady Grove Baptist Church at a reasonable cost

• 1:00 pm - Continue Workshops