Unexpected April Meat

Earlier in the week I got an eagerly expected email which read “when can you come pick up your pork belly?”  Woo!  Pork belly!  My fantastic meat farmer, Zekiah Farms, had asked me some time ago if I wanted anything when they took pigs to slaughter and I asked for a pork belly. 

Today, Lance and I went to pick it up and, thanks to a complete lack of impulse control, we came home with quite a bit of meat in addition!  The pork belly is the large, flat package in front.  It’s about 7 pounds and we have grand plans to smoke half of it and I’m not sure what we’ll do with the rest yet. 

We also picked up three packages of bacon, two pounds of ground lamb, three packages of strip steak and another amazing heritage turkey since the first one was so wonderfully delicious.  There’s also a brisket in there somewhere. 

Our farmer is also gearing up to start a meat CSA and, after some discussion, I think we’re going to sign up for a half share of that to see how it goes.  So you can look forward to posts and pictures about our first experience with a meat CSA!