I came across this piece scouring the web for interesting stories/photos on this cold November morning. There is saying around where I was born and raised and it comes from the time when people killed hogs regularly that states, "November's meat will never spoil". Normally, that may be so, but there are exceptions to every rule and warm weather like Alabama has experienced earlier this November would have been "iffy" at best for curing meat the old traditional way. I come from a "hog killing family" on my daddy's side. My granddaddy learned that meat will spoil one November after killing and salting the meat from several hogs. It turned off hot and muggy muggy and then rained for over a week and the meat did spoil.. We normally killed 4-6 hogs in a day and everyone jumped in to help with the festivities. This is done out of doors of course as there is a lot of "banjo work" associated with killing, cutting up, salting/smoking the meat. It was a big day. I started doing this when I was real young and it continued to my grandaddy began to take the hogs to a nearby slaughterhouse as it was just "easier". Then for those family members who came after me would not know the process. Anyhow, I came across this piece of humor and thought some of you might enjoy. Have a great weekend! Jeffery
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