[Domandred]

HAM: There is no evidence that the colonists had butchered a pig by this time, though they had brought pigs with them from England.

I gotta ask...what else do you do with a Pig besides butcher it and eat it?

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

I gotta ask...what else do you do with a Pig besides butcher it and eat it?

Use it to make more pigs?

[Surtur]

Unlike today, when we have refrigeration, hogs were only slaughtered after the weather turned consistently cold enough to keep the meat fresh until it could be processed for storage, e.g. brined, smoked, etc.. If the first Thanksgiving was held at this time of year, then the weather might not have been sufficiently cold enough to ensure the pork’s longevity. If so, butchering of hogs might have occurred after the thanksgiving festival when the weather turned colder.