Thai Pork

Straight answers

What does a half cost?

We quote each order, because the price moves with the pig and the season. Send a request and we reply with the price before anything is cut. Nothing is charged on this site.

How much meat is a half?

An American university guide expects 27 to 32 kg of pork from half of a typical pig.1 We weigh your pig and tell you its real weight. See where the weight goes.

Will it fit in my freezer?

A half needs a little more than the freezer compartment of an ordinary refrigerator. A whole needs a chest freezer. The numbers are on the half hog page.

Can I choose the cuts?

Yes. That is the reason to buy this way. Fill in the cut sheet or tell us in your own words.

Do you make the bacon and sausage?

Yes, from your own pig. Say how much of the belly you want as bacon and how much of the ground meat as sausage.

What is the difference between your two pigs?

The Berkshire has darker meat with more fat through it. Read the comparison.

What are the pigs fed?

A special diet on our farm. Ask us what goes into it when you order and we will tell you.

Where are you, and do you deliver?

The farm is in Surin. Tell us your town on the order form and we reply with pickup or delivery for your area.

Can two families share a whole pig?

Yes. Order a whole and tell us it is to be packed as two halves.

How long does it keep?

Chops and roasts keep their quality for 4 to 12 months in the freezer, ground pork for 3 to 4.8 The freezer page has the whole table and a calculator.

Is it safe if the pork is still pink?

Yes, if a whole cut reached 63 °C and rested for three minutes.6 Mince and sausage are different: cook them to 71 °C.7

I have never cooked a shoulder, or a hock.

Every cut has a short answer here.

What do I ask for at a Thai market?

The Thai names of the cuts are on the half hog page.

What happens after I send a request?

We read it, reply with a price and a day, and wait for your yes. Until then you have bought nothing.

Ask what a half costs this week

We quote every order, because the price moves with the pig. Nothing is charged on this site.

Ask for the price Fill in a cut sheet first