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To: w1n1

No, I’ve never had any gut bag problems. But thanks for asking.


3 posted on 10/28/2015 10:44:57 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Steely Tom

Anybody who has ever been involved with dressing out a cattle or swine carcass soon learns some very vital lessons about gutting, most of which include the admonition that the “offal” is pretty aptly named.

Home slaughter and dressing out of domestic animals is an art pretty much lost in America today, which is perhaps something of either a blessing or an abstract loss, depending on how one views these things. All ruminant animals have this huge “gut bag”, filled with fermentation bacteria that live in anaerobic conditions, and generate a great deal of methane among other byproducts, especially dimethyl sulfide (the odorant in natural gas) and other mercaptans. There is no easy way to dispose of this sometimes massive part of the internal workings of the carcass, except perhaps by interment. Have a disposal pit dug nearby, if possible. If not, have some hogs nearby to work on it.


10 posted on 10/28/2015 11:05:01 AM PDT by alloysteel (Do not argue with trolls. That means they win.)
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