Saturday, January 16, 2016

Handy Skills: Basic Butchery

Although it makes a lot of sense now that I think about it, I never thought I'd find butchery all that interesting, but, a little over a year ago, after watching a video about a chef in Scotland who hunts and gathers his own food for his restaurant, I watched a ton of videos on butchery and it turns out a little bit of butchery is a handy skill to have and it's awesome.

Why is a little basic butchery a handy skill to have?

  1. Cutting up a couple of whole chickens is cheaper than buying the breasts and thighs separately, and the entire carcass can be used for a variety of things
  2. Ever go fishing and not know how to scale, gut and prepare the fish you just caught?
  3. It's good to know where the various cuts of meat come from
  4. It's a little bit therapeutic
  5. You develop an appreciation for the entire animal

So here's some videos:

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