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Butchering Committee

Purpose:  to plan and conduct bi-annual butcherings and be responsible for curing and storing of hams

Chairperson:  Larry Jones (301-473-8226)

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See pictures of butchering activities

Current Activities

Our next butchering will be December 4 & 5 with sales on Saturday, December 6, 2007.

Thursday, Dec. 4, 2 p.m. - ?   Cutting of meat and prep for Friday

Friday, Dec. 5, 6 a.m. - ?  Sausage prep, cooking, and preparing orders

Saturday, Dec. 6, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.  Sales

We'll be butchering 35 pigs. We plan on starting on a Thursday afternoon (2 - 8 pm) and finishing the next morning (6 am - 1 pm).  We'll fill orders Friday afternoon (6 - 9 pm).  Volunteer for sales work begins at 7 a.m. Saturday.

Sales orders must be picked up by noon on Saturday, the following day.   To place an order, you may call one of one of our committee co-chairs:

• 301-473-8699
• 301-473-7986
• 301-473-8546
• 301-473-8226

Guests are welcome to participate in this community service.  Come and experience this fascinating tradition.  For more information, call any Ruritan member, e.g., Mike Summers, past president (301-473-4849), Larry Jones, Butchering Committee Chair (301-473-8226), or Jim Carpenter, web master (301-371-5263). 

See pictures of the February 2005 butchering

See pictures of the February 2003 butchering.

See pictures of the December 7, 2001 butchering.