blue ribbon bacon festival 2014-bacons of western iowa by leo landis
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Program on lockers and bacons in Iowa towns west of I-35 and north of I-80.TRANSCRIPT
Pork from the Prairie:
Bacon of Western Iowa
Leo Landis
FINIS
Reading about Bacon
What’s Down with Bacon?
Iowa Pork 101
Brief History of Hogs
Bacon of the Western Prairies
How Many Hogs in Iowa in according to December 2013 USDA Estimates?
20.5 Million Total…State human population is 3 million
Today in U.S. — 65.9 million, give or take a few hundred thousand.
323,247 934,820 1,353,9086,034,316
8,266,779
30,354,21333,512,867
25,134,569
47,683,951
57,409,583
Hogs in Iowa Hogs in U.S.
1850 1860 1870 1880 1890
Meat Cuts from a Pig
1839
Today
Traditional Curing Recipes
Elizabeth Lea, 1869 (1845)
Mary Henderson, 1877
Amelia Simmons, 1798
Swine Terminology
Gilt—A female that has yet to farrow
Barrow—A castrated male
Sow—A female that has farrowed
Boar—A mature male
Pork Belly—Uncured bacon
Present & Past Types
Poland China
Landrace
Bacon-type Hogs
Lard-type Hogs
Improved Hogs
This is the font I Want
OHHHH, BACON!
Brine Injectors
Vacuum Tumbler
Slicer
Smokehouses
11 pieces
bacon, 3 cents
pr. pound
A Lot of Bacon — The Good News
2014 Route
Corwith Locker
Skoglund’s MeatsWest Bend
Nelson LockerHartley
Cherokee Locker
Holstein Food Locker /Tiefenthaler’s Quality Meats
Yetter Locker
Arcadia Meats
Mike’s Meats, Carroll
Bagley Locker
Redfield Locker
12 Bacons--2013
FINIS