Hog Butchering Day
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Historic Brattonsville 1444 Brattonsville Road, McConnells, South Carolina 29726
It’s the dead of winter, time for Hog Butchering Day at Historic Brattonsville! Experience the colonial past and witness the traditional family affair of processing and preserving a whole hog. Over twenty historically-dressed interpreters come together for this time-honored practice as they embrace the hog from jowl to ham and everything in between. Observe the preparations of chitterlings and sausages and the making of bacon. Gather around the hearth for some 18th century Carolina Backcountry cooking. The living history museum at Brattonsville will present a sundry of pork-processing activities throughout the day. Gardeners BBQ of York County will provide food concessions throughout the day.