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Old 12-02-2014, 04:30 AM
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There is a condition in farm raised boar hogs called "boar taint". Breeding boar hogs lie around and get very fat. Yep, the meat stinks. The "taint" is in the fat. In pepperoni making all the fat is removed from the meat. That is why old domestic boars were formerly sold to the "pepperoni man". Now the meat packing plants are butchering old boar hogs and folks are getting domestic meat that is not fit to eat.

Folks who have never seen a big wild boar hog often condemn their meat as bad. i've trapped and shot many hundreds of wild hogs; some weighed 400 pounds, and numerous boars weighed over 300 pounds. Have never seen a wild boar hog with "boar taint", mainly because wild hogs have a hard scrabble life and they seldom get fat.
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