[Sca-cooks] Spices and Cooking (oop)

[Ted Eisenstein]

>That would probably also explain why my grandparents always did their >butchering in late November/early December (Shenandoah Valley of Virginia).

It's a reason, but perhaps not the only one. Killing animals in the late
Fall means you don't have to feed them over the winter - which means you
don't have to spend money on hay, oats, and other feed, most people's
pastures not being available to chow down on while there's snow on them. . .

Alban