We Accidentally Bought Two Pigs

Then, we had no choice: We had to make sausage

Elspeth Hay
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4 min readOct 3, 2019

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Photos by Elspeth Hay

Last fall, my husband and I accidentally bought two pigs. “This would only happen to you guys,” friends said when we announced our dilemma. “Not true!” we protested. It seemed like a common enough marital quandary — Alex said yes to George, I said yes to Drew. Only instead of party dates or hand-me-down patio chairs, we were talking…

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Elspeth Hay
Heated
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Elspeth Hay is an independent writer & public radio host focused on food & the environment. Read & listen: elspethhay.com & diaryofalocavore.com.