My Grandpa Davies (William George Davies), had several brothers. I only knew one of them, Uncle Glen. When I was a little girl growing up in Edmonton I remember Uncle Glen coming to visit us. .
But this story takes place way before my time.
I asked my mom how they had meat in the olden days when they didn't have a fridge. She told me that when she was a kid she saw her mom can meat, just like when she canned vegetables- except that it took at least three hours to get it processed correctly.
Her mom also had a 20 gallon crock with salt preserving the pork or ham. If she needed a bit of meat she just lifted the lid and pulled out the leg and sliced off a hunk.
Another way they got meat was through a "beef ring". A "beef ring" consisted of several farmers who raised beef . Uncle Glen would butcher a cow that belonged to one of the members of the ring. He would cut it up and all those in the ring came by his place to get a share of the beef. Sometimes if my mom's family were visiting he would give them a roast or some stew meat.
