In the rural east, killing hogs was an annual November deal with neighbors pitching in until the community had things wrapped up.
Cracklings! Worked a small cut plant just out of high school. Cracklings were bagged and tossed atop the bins in the freezer rooms amounting to tonnage over the year. Around Thanksgiving their availability would be announced, and they'd be gone by lunch time. Really go good in cornbread.
