[{"id":13131743260,"handle":"cured-meats","updated_at":"2023-11-30T20:40:07+11:00","published_at":"2023-07-04T14:22:02+10:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"web","title":"Cured meats","body_html":"\u003cp\u003eAll our cured pork products are made from slow-growing, pasture-raised pigs and this is a rare thing. Think about it this way. Around 3% of Australian pigs are raised outside on pasture, healthy and free to do their piggy thing. Between 50-75% of most pigs are cured for ham, bacon, salami etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich means that, at most, only about 1.5% of the cured pork sold in restaurants, cafes, supermarkets, butchers and delis is made from pasture-raised pork.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe other 98.5% is made from intensively-raised pork, often imported. Pigs squashed together inside, restricted, medicated and definitely not free to do their piggy thing. Who wants to eat that?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/featherandbone.com.au\/blogs\/chew-the-fat\/pastured-pork-is-hard-to-find\" title=\"Pastured pork is hard to find\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead more about pasture-raised pork.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","image":{"created_at":"2018-04-17T17:20:27+10:00","alt":"","width":1665,"height":1508,"src":"\/\/featherandbone.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/Air_cured_pork_shoulder_whole_small.jpeg?v=1685690633"}},{"id":457174417709,"handle":"quick-order","title":"Quick Order","updated_at":"2023-11-30T20:40:07+11:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2023-08-15T13:28:14+10:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"quick","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"variant_price","relation":"greater_than","condition":"0"}],"published_scope":"web"}]
There are many excellent meals you can make with smoked ham hock, from pea and ham soup through to ham hock barley ragout. It's cheap, versatile and delicious. That's the Delicious pea and ham soup pictured.
Our hams are made from the whole pasture-raised, heritage breed pigs we source from regeneratively-managed NSW farms. They are brined (salt and sugar) and smoked and are completely nitrate free.
The legs we turn into hams arrive at our factory as whole animals direct from the farm through the abattoir. Throughout the year, we use some of the legs fresh, some we cure and sell as ham and some we put aside and store to build up enough stock for Christmas hams. This means that we know which farms our hams came from, how they’ve been stored, how they’ve been cured and, finally, who is buying them.
The Producers We buy whole bodies of a range of different sized pigs on a rotating basis from a number of farms - from big baconers through to suckling pigs. Most available cuts come from porker pigs which are about 50-65 kg that are 5-7 months old. The pork we source is:
packed with the farm and breed clearly labelled;
hormone and antibiotic-free;
entirely free ranging on chemical-free pasture;
a mix of breeds including Berkshire, Landrace, Large White, English Large Black, Duroc, Wessex Saddleback and Tamworth;
