Processing Goat Question

[lovinglife]

For those who do their own goat processing, do you have to hang and age the meat before cutting and wrapping or do you kill, chill and cut and wrap? I always thought you hung everything to age some, found out today no need to do that with pork, so, do I need to hang my goat? I have one that really needs to be in the freezer, she is just evil.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I've only processed one goat - so I am definitely NOT an expert. We killed and chilled, then wrapped and let it sit in the fridge for a couple days before we put it in the freezer. It was definitely tasty.

When we did our pigs - we killed, and rough cut it and let it hang out in an ice chest (draining the water and replenishing the ice daily) for about 5 days before finishing the processing and freezing.

Again, I am no expert but that's how we did it and it all turned out delicious.

 

[lovinglife]

looking forward to trying home raised goat meat, and having one that is evil helps with the attachment issue.