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Norris, Walter (Fa 1173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Norris, Walter (Fa 1173), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1173. Student paper titled “Food Preservation: Curing CountryHam – Kentucky Style” in which Walter Norris describes the aging process, preparation, and preservation of cured country ham. Norris’ informants, specifically his parents and grandparents, detail their cooking methods, recipes, and familial traditions, while the owners of several commercial operators and distributors discuss their chemically simulated processes.
Hampton, Ernie (Fa 1069), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hampton, Ernie (Fa 1069), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project FA 1069. Paper titled “The Process of Hog Butchering” by Ernie Hampton in which he discusses information collected from his uncle, Pete Hampton of Christian County, Kentucky, about the process of slaughtering and butchering hogs. He includes information and photos related to procedures, equipment and back-ground of the processors.
Miller, Carl William (Fa 1063), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Miller, Carl William (Fa 1063), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1063. Paper titled “Butchering and Rendering: Now and Then” in which Carl Miller describes the lengthy hog butchering process from slaughtering to wrapping and freezing. Paper is based on information collected by Miller from Buddy Crabtree, a butcher in Smiths Grove, Kentucky.
Young, Larry (Fa 1058), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Young, Larry (Fa 1058), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1058. Paper titled “Hog Killing and Cutting Process” in which Larry Young discusses the process of slaughtering and butchering hogs on farms in Green County and Taylor County in Kentucky. He interviewed three men, one of whom was his father, about the process they used for processing pork on their farms and how they learned their techniques. The collection contains photos of the informants.
Barr, Edward B. (Fa 813), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barr, Edward B. (Fa 813), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 813. This collection “Hog Killing on the Farm”describes the slaughtering process on the Robert Hall farm in Crestwood, Oldham County, Kentucky. Narrative is in interview format and is illustrated with photographs. This information was collected by Western Kentucky University student Edward B. Barr for credit in a folklore class.