Old-Time Hog Killin’ Day || An Appalachian Tradition || December 2025

Today’s video is a special one, a look into something that has nearly faded from the modern world. In the Appalachian Mountains, Hog Killin’ Day was once a winter tradition where families, friends, and neighbors came together to harvest, prepare, salt down, and put up meat for the year. It was work, but it was also fellowship, storytelling, food on the table, and the passing of knowledge from one generation to the next. In this video we take you along as our family continues this old mountain way. You’ll see: • Scalding & scraping • Parting out the hog • Salting meat & preserving it • Grinding & seasoning for country sausage • And at the end — a Q&A answering your biggest hog butchering questions This is the kind of thing you usually only read about in old books but here, we’re living it and teaching our kids like our grandparents taught theirs. This video has been demonetized, but we still want it to reach folks who love traditional skills, homestead living, heritage, and Appalachian history. If this kind of content matters to you, liking, commenting, and sharing helps more than you know. Thank you for being here with us — True Grit: Appalachian Ways How we make our bacon From the Pig to the Pan || Bacon || Dry Cure Method || December 2024 https://youtu.be/_q_jQ0rJE-k Hog scraper https://amzn.to/48KpTw7 The above link is an Amazon affiliate link meaning I may earn a small commission from your purchase. Thank you for your support! #HogKillinDay #AppalachianTradition #HomesteadLife #HeritageSkills #OldWays #SelfSufficientLiving #ButcheringDay #TrueGritAppalachianWays #FarmLife #HomesteadCommunity #RuralLiving #preservingtraditions