Why do pigs have to be blown in the village? What are the benefits?

Why do farmers blow into their stomachs with their mouths when killing pigs?

Raising pigs is a common phenomenon among farmers and one of the means for rural farmers to get rich. In many families, husbands go to work and wives have nothing to do to raise pigs or chickens at home, which increases family income.

During the Chinese New Year, many families have the custom of killing pigs during the Chinese New Year. Sometimes the pigs they kill can't be eaten, so they are given to neighbors or relatives who often come and go on weekdays. Some people kill a lot and sell them at the intersection of village street. This kind of pork is usually safe to eat, and the villagers are very willing to buy it, and it does not contain hormone drugs.

In the process of killing pigs, when killing pigs, you must first stun the pigs with wooden sticks, and then several people hold the pigs down and cut a hole in the pig's throat with a knife. Pig blood will gush out like spring water and be caught by the basin or bucket below.

When the pig's blood flow is almost the same, the pig killer will cut a hole in the pig's hoof with a knife and then blow into it with his mouth. Next to him, someone kept hitting pigs with wooden sticks. Many people are confused when they see this place, and they don't know what the purpose is.

Why are you blowing pigs? In fact, blowing pigs here is to make pig skin swell, and flapping is to make gas distribution more uniform, which is convenient for subsequent shaving and makes pig hair shave more cleanly. Male friends generally understand this truth. Every morning when shaving, they will put their mouths in, so that the skin of their mouths will be stretched more evenly, which is convenient for people who shave.

But now this indigenous method has been used less, and now asphalt is generally used for hair removal. When the hair is removed, the asphalt is melted in a small pot, and then the asphalt is evenly coated on the pigs with tools. The asphalt is stripped after cooling, and the pig hair is dried.

Mainly for the convenience of scraping, the former local pigs were not much thinner than the current improved pigs, and there were wrinkles on the local pigs. If they didn't scrape, they couldn't get off the knife and wash their hair. And pig brown used to be hard and thick-like wild boar hair, but now pig hair is very soft.

Before blowing, cut a hole in the pig's leg, and then poke several holes under the pig's skin with an iron bar one person high. Generally, the lung capacity of killing pigs is quite large, and pigs can be inflated. The scene I saw when I was a child was still very dark. Only the butcher had two big cheeks, and the mouth-to-mouth blowing made me blush and my neck was thick. Finally, after blowing the pig drum, tie the hole tightly with hemp rope to prevent air leakage. Then beat every inch of the pig with a big wooden stick, pour boiling water while beating, and let the blown gas expand evenly to every part of the pig. It was thrown into the pot, and the dead mouse could not feel the cold. Scrape it clean after a perm. It's all gone now

How many years ago was this? At that time, the skill of killing pigs was still a suitable meal, and it was all passed down by the master and apprentice. Not everyone can kill pigs at will. You should be in awe, and you should choose a good day to kill pigs. Before the execution, you have to tell the owner of the pig to eat well and go on the road.