Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game: Beef, Veal, Pork, Lamb, Poultry, Rabbit, Venison
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This guide takes the mystery out of butchering, covering everything you need to know to produce your own expert cuts of beef, venison, pork, lamb, poultry, and small game. John J. Mettler Jr. provides easy-to-follow instructions that walk you through every step of the slaughtering and butchering process, as well as plenty of advice on everything from how to dress game in a field to salting, smoking, and curing techniques. You’ll soon be enjoying the satisfyingly superior flavors that come with butchering your own meat. Review: Great advise - Buy this learn to feed and heal yourself Review: A book on how to slaughter & butcher your own meat - I thought I might just comment on the content of the book: This book tells you how to kill, slaughter, and cut up your meat, and a bit on preparation (curing / salting etc). I had hoped it would have more on the "butchery" aspects, i.e. cutting up & preparing the meat / processing etc. I'd just bought a fore-quarter from the butcher and I bought this book to help me cut it up, and it wasn't exactly what I was after as there isn't that much on things like curing etc.. I tend to buy pork / lamb by the half animal (much cheaper) and I was hoping this book would teach me to cut it up myself. Note that its American written so some of the cuts are different to what we're used to in the UK. Still, if the day came that I was going to kill an animal for my own consumption, I'd definitely want this book at my side! UPDATE ON MY REVIEW - 3 years later. I've just revisited what I wrote above, and to be honest with a bit of hindsight, this is still the best book on butchering I've come across. With it at my side I've learned how to cut up venison, lamb & mutton, and of course beef. I syill wish there was more about butchering in it but then again it is called "basic" butchering. And I've yet to find another book which deals with DIY butchering as well as this one does.
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D**T
Great advise
Buy this learn to feed and heal yourself
T**B
A book on how to slaughter & butcher your own meat
I thought I might just comment on the content of the book: This book tells you how to kill, slaughter, and cut up your meat, and a bit on preparation (curing / salting etc). I had hoped it would have more on the "butchery" aspects, i.e. cutting up & preparing the meat / processing etc. I'd just bought a fore-quarter from the butcher and I bought this book to help me cut it up, and it wasn't exactly what I was after as there isn't that much on things like curing etc.. I tend to buy pork / lamb by the half animal (much cheaper) and I was hoping this book would teach me to cut it up myself. Note that its American written so some of the cuts are different to what we're used to in the UK. Still, if the day came that I was going to kill an animal for my own consumption, I'd definitely want this book at my side! UPDATE ON MY REVIEW - 3 years later. I've just revisited what I wrote above, and to be honest with a bit of hindsight, this is still the best book on butchering I've come across. With it at my side I've learned how to cut up venison, lamb & mutton, and of course beef. I syill wish there was more about butchering in it but then again it is called "basic" butchering. And I've yet to find another book which deals with DIY butchering as well as this one does.
G**G
Good Carve-Up Guide
Bought for a present. User says it is excellent. Only downside is I got a lot of similar offers for something I’m not interested in.
K**A
Great book for beginners
Great book for beginners. Descriptions are precise and I found them easy to follow. Also when I purchased this book I wasn't aware there were recipes there as well! Tried two and everything turned out perfect.
V**N
Does what it says
Really nice book. It gets straight to the point and has some really nice illustrations.
M**C
No better illustrated book on butchery
For the beginner in butchery this book cannot be equaled for the excellent illustrations and easy step by step instructions. The most valued for money book I know of on butchery. This book will not disapoint!
S**D
Great
Great. The product arrived in good time and was as described. I am happy with this purchase and would buy again.
B**R
Basics sums it up
Very clear from how to slaughter your beast and skin, etc. Most books start after this point assuming you have a clean carcase. Of great assistance if you kill your own game.
P**K
Absolute Gold
Excellent read, very informative and well illustrated. Definitely recommend
R**N
nice work
excellent work
J**Z
Do it yourself!…
Great Book!…worth the money spent!..
L**R
Great instructional book
Gives me the info I need
D**R
useful book
Son bought after taking a butchery class and has found book helpful
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