# Want to know where that ham sandwich came from? It's HOG KILLING DAY! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 6, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-know-where-that-ham-sandwich-came-from-its-hog-killing-day/263324 "2004-09-06T13:32:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-know-where-that-ham-sandwich-came-from-its-hog-killing-day/263324/1 "2004-09-06T13:32:01Z")
Interesting historical slice of life… and ham! Gives you a new appreciation for how easy modern life is in some respects. [HOG KILLING DAY](http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnstewar/hog.htm) [More HOG KILLING DAYS](http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/martin/newsletters/newsarticles/hkprep.html) [Hog Killin’ Time In Scott County, Tennessee](http://www.angelfire.com/tn2/ScottCoTnMemories/HogKillingTime.html) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-know-where-that-ham-sandwich-came-from-its-hog-killing-day/263324/2 "2004-09-06T13:35:28Z")
I keep reading “it’s hog killing day” to the tune of Wall of Voodoo’s _Animal Day_. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-know-where-that-ham-sandwich-came-from-its-hog-killing-day/263324/3 "2004-09-06T14:12:02Z")
None of 'em links worked for me, and I don’t usually have problems. Maybe it’s just the early hour? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-know-where-that-ham-sandwich-came-from-its-hog-killing-day/263324/4 "2004-09-06T14:17:42Z")
Not just you; they’re all bad links. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-know-where-that-ham-sandwich-came-from-its-hog-killing-day/263324/5 "2004-09-06T14:47:02Z")
I would blame the crank, but I know it only makes me better, faster, stronger _cough_ [HOG KILLING DAY](http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:G8plG0I8r10J:www.rootsweb.com/~tnstewar/hog.htm+hog+killing+day&hl=en) The # 2 link and 3 links are resisting all attempts to link access them except via google Google “Hog killings were a wintertime tradition” and “Hog Killin’ Time In Scott County, Tennessee” ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-know-where-that-ham-sandwich-came-from-its-hog-killing-day/263324/6 "2004-09-06T15:50:31Z")
I haven’t been able to think quite the same about pigs since “A Day No Pigs Would Die”. Damn it, that book traumatized me. Doesn’t mean I’m not looking forward to the barbeque this afternoon though… -Lil ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-know-where-that-ham-sandwich-came-from-its-hog-killing-day/263324/7 "2004-09-07T00:59:12Z")
[Here’s the first link.](http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnstewar/hog.htm) 'pears you just had some extra gunk in there. Yup. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-know-where-that-ham-sandwich-came-from-its-hog-killing-day/263324/8 "2004-09-07T01:02:46Z")
[Linky number two](http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/martin/newsletters/newsarticles/hkprep.html) [Linkety number three](http://www.angelfire.com/tn2/ScottCoTnMemories/HogKillingTime.html) ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-know-where-that-ham-sandwich-came-from-its-hog-killing-day/263324/9 "2004-09-07T02:10:54Z")
In the text of the first link, the writer mentioned her hog killing day recipes. My great aunt (from the South) gave us a fantastic recipe for “pig picking cake,” for just such an occasion. I’ll see if I can dig it up. Other than the cake, the whole business would kind of take the shine off Thanksgiving Day, ‘sall I’m sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-know-where-that-ham-sandwich-came-from-its-hog-killing-day/263324/10 "2004-09-07T03:39:21Z")
Sorry, even the milk-fed piglet battle on Iron Chef kinda squidged me out. My answer to the topic line is definitely “no.” 🙂