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Rural areas have traditionally been sites where food resources were scarce or not easily reached, so dominated the economy of self-sufficiency, which carried with it a task which in part are still preserved and most notably the production of the Iberian pig in a area as the Sierra.
The production is done in the Sierra de Huelva in winter, when the pork has reached an ideal weight and families are preparing to fill the pantry with all sorts of sausages and seasoned meats. It is a series of tasks spread over several days that take place in a festive atmosphere in which family ties are strengthened and neighborhood and which are marked clearly the roles of men and women within the family.
On the first day the pigs are slaughtered. Several men come to the bank pork butcher, who kills an accurate cut on the neck, while the mandinguera or chacinanta (woman in charge of sausage and spice lead the women's work) collects blood for blood sausage. When the animal died was the singed and the hunt, which consists of burning hair (traditionally with branches abulaga collected in the bush) and remove the skin with special blades. Then the pig is cut open the cutting pra. The women are collecting the different parts of the pieces will then to salt and ingredients of different sausages. The butcher will have to separate and shape the hams and shoulders, once cold.
The second part of this day is dedicated to the preparation of sausage meat will once seasoned. Mandinguera Each and every people has its peculiarities, resulting in a great variety of shades in the classic flavors of the sausage.
On the second day is done filling sausages, many of them within the very guts of the animal that women have deep cleaned before, and using traditional mortise machine to handle. The hams and shoulders are arranged, by cutting out the traces of blood and giving the final shape. Remain in salt for twenty days, after which they will be cleaned and placed in locations to be ventilated for drying.
The killing has associated its own gastronomy, which responds to the associated products, but also to its festive character. The family needs the help of friends and neighbors, who have to entertain with food and drink throughout the working day. Thus dishes have emerged as the broth or stew, roasted meat and offal or, among other things, pluck gazpacho.
